It may not even be spring, but it’s never too early to start planning your holiday trips to the Christmas City.

But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer ...

But for some, like Jerusalem resident Hisham Makhoul, spending Christmas in the holy city provided an "escape" from the Israel-Hamas war raging for more than 14 months in the Gaza Strip. "What we ...

Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. The Latin ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A festive retail destination – filled with hand-crafted nutcrackers, Christmas tree ornaments, retired reindeer bells and other yuletide cheer – is coming soon to the ...

While spring is just around the corner, the Christmas City is already looking for visitors to start planning their trips to ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem.

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musical journey. Christmas at Concordia: Journey to Bethlehem is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Baby of Bethlehem. O sister, don’t you want to go to heaven? O brother, don’t you want to go to heaven? O children, don’t you want to go to heaven? Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir ...

And St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland in McCandless wants to bring it to life this Christmas season. “A Visit to Bethlehem,” a live reenactment of the time and birth of Jesus ...