A shop owner places a black ribbon over a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death at age 88, in Bethlehem, West Bank, on Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) By ...

Settled in the 1700s by Moravian colonists, Bethlehem is justifiably proud of its Live Advent Calendar, which can be enjoyed starting at 5:30 p.m. from December 1 to 23.

With the light of the morning, these are replaced by their presents. Similar to other places in the Middle East, Syrian Christians ring in Christmas with hymns sung together.

The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on December 24, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights ...

ANNOUNCER: This holiday, join us for "Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir," featuring herald trumpets and the Orchestra and Bells at Temple Square, with Tony Award-winning ...

“What we’re inviting churches to do is simply just to leave one candle unlit to stand alongside those celebrations in Bethlehem. As we do that we stand alongside our sisters and brothers who are ...

Are you looking for fun places to go for Christmas? If you like the holidays and you like to travel, then you’ll love these 15 spots overflowing with yuletide spirit.

Families begin lighting a candle on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and light another candle each subsequent Sunday. The most common Advent candle tradition, however, involves four candles. A new ...

Meanwhile, in Bethlehem, a 200-pound Peeps chick descends during a fireworks show. Burn a bayberry candle According to tradition, lighting a bayberry candle on New Year’s Eve can promise a year ...

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir, the annual holiday musical spectacular, welcomes Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. This one-hour holiday spectacular premiered ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - In cemeteries and ancient churches, Palestinians in the town of Jesus's birth marked a joyless Christmas with prayers for the dead and hopes for the future after more than a ...