BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP ... keeps thousands of handmade candles wrapped in red ribbons that they light during Christmas services. “To me, this is Christmas — looking at these candles ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a gigantic, shimmering Christmas tree. Visiting from Nazareth, a ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the ... week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square ...

When the lights turned on ... In 1937, the local chamber of commerce launched a campaign promoting Bethlehem as “Christmas City USA.” As part of that promotion, they took the tradition ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP ... keeps thousands of handmade candles wrapped in red ribbons that they light during Christmas services. “To me, this is Christmas — looking at these candles ...

Bethlehem’s first settlers brought with them hand-carved ... where the congregation keeps thousands of handmade candles wrapped in red ribbons that they light during Christmas services. “To me, this ...