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

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 ...

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 ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza. There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square ...

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

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 ...