And with the town’s record of not only the Bethlehem star, but also the first documented Christmas tree in the nation, and Christmas markets on both sides of the bustling town’s river ...

a 60-foot illuminated star that can still be seen today atop Bethlehem’s South Mountain. Interest in the Christmas City as a December destination has only grown since then, especially in recent ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.