"Next year we want to see the biggest Christmas tree ever". With hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza on the rise in recent days, Bethlehem residents await calm that could see tourists return in 2025.

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

There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree ... and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas ...

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Bethlehem’s Manger Square in front of the ... Once again, there are no plans to put up the traditional lighted Christmas Tree in the ancient settlement that is revered by Christians as the ...

Rev Dr Munther Isaac, Dean of Bethlehem Bible College ... up all the stray pine needles when you’ve taken down your Christmas tree: there’s always a corner you find you haven’t reached.” ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - It's a warm Christmas celebration in Bethlehem where a Christmas in July event kicked off. The event is taking place in the city's historic downtown district. Participating ...