According to tradition, your Christmas decorations should be taken down ... marks the Three Kings or Wise Men visiting baby Jesus in Bethlehem with their gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Option 1: Take down the Christmas decorations on New Year’s Day From ... are said to have arrived in Bethlehem to visit baby Jesus and venerate then newly-born Christ. Also known as Three ...

Christians on Tuesday gathered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, while Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, festive decorations ...

“Every year, there are scouts, a choir, decorations ... a Greek Orthodox parish priest in Bethlehem, told Middle East Eye. “But this year, Christmas arrives in a sad and gloomy manner ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, festive decorations were missing for ... Traditionally in Bethlehem, a grand Christmas tree would light up Manger Square, but local authorities ...

France24 (Video) Christmas in Bethlehem: Few tourists, no decorations under shadow of war Posted: December 25, 2024 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 This year, celebrations in Bethlehem are subdued ...

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 ...

Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas procession outside ... as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, festive ...

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, no raucous scout marching bands, no public ...