In fact, there is no Christmas tree at all. Bethlehem is facing its second bleak Christmas since the outbreak of the war in ...

This year, bright planets Jupiter and Saturn will align perfectly on Dec. 21 to create what is commonly called the Christmas Star or the “Star of Bethlehem.” According to NASA, Jupiter and ...

Like in most Central European countries, Christmas in Poland ... Many Poles wait until the first star appears in the sky before sitting down to eat on 24th December. This tradition commemorates the ...

Adam Setkowicz, 'Selling Christmas Trees in Kraków', fot ... This is done to commemorate the Star of Bethlehem, which in the Bible showed the Wise Men the way to the birthplace of Jesus. An instance ...

Christmas trees were introduced into the UK in 1800 ... people dress in traditional clothes and carry replicas of the star of Bethlehem. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church also celebrates Christmas ...

According to the Christian Christmas story, Jesus was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem because there was no more room in the local inns. Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's ...

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning ... to put up the traditional lighted Christmas Tree in the ancient settlement that is revered by ...

There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally ... Christmas will be a muted affair in the occupied West Bank. In a normal year, Bethlehem would be a “city ...