Can Vero Beach, Fort Pierce learn anything from how Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, rebounded after closing of steel mill, hotel, ...

In 1937, the local chamber of commerce launched a campaign promoting Bethlehem as “Christmas City USA.” As part of that promotion, they took the tradition of the putz to the historic Hotel ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

There are no Christmas decorations or lit trees for Palestinian Christians in the city of Bethlehem, this year amid Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least 19 ...

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 ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian, Catholic, and Orthodox denominations — are usually major boons for the city, where tourism accounts for 70% of its ...

Bethlehem’s Christmas Eve this year reveals a collective plea: Peace is urgently needed. Despite the absence of festive lights and joyful gatherings, the city carries on through sheer willpower ...