Every year at Christmas time in Bethlehem, bright lights and colorful decorations adorn the streets and homes in the Christian areas of the city where Jesus was born. Christian communities light trees ...

Kaitlin Marakovits of Bethlehem shops at the Scentsy hut Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the 2024 Christmas Huts on Main in downtown Bethlehem. The Christmas Huts are open Fridays through Sundays, until ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the ...

Actors portray a family of shepherds who were just told by an angel of Jesus Christ's birth in a manger in Bethlehem during a performance of "Living Bethlehem," a live nativity, at the American Fork ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the ...

Christmas celebrations have been put on hold in Bethlehem this year as the war between Israel and Hamas carries on. Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, approximately six miles south of Jerusalem, is ...

Christian leaders in the city where Jesus Christ was born are saying the cancelation of Christmas celebrations is a meditation on the spiritual meaning of the holiday amid bloodshed in the region. The ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday ...

For Palestinians, Christmas in Bethlehem represents a window to the world. It has long been synonymous with joy and hope, and an occasion to commemorate the place of birth of the Christmas story ...

The West Bank city of Bethlehem—identified in the Bible as the birthplace of Jesus—held muted Christmas celebrations on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Christian worshipers pray at the ...

The Christmas festivities are continuing a few weeks longer than normal in the Christmas City — at least at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem. The 437 Main St. hotel is hosting “Christmas in January,” ...