Have you ever had one of those birthdays when you wanted people to throw a party for you? You imagined getting some nice presents, and even hinted at the ones you wanted. Every time you went out ...

The weeks leading up to Christmas is a period called Advent, when Christians prepare to celebrate Jesus ... in pear trees and geese laying eggs and more to do with celebrating the birth of ...

However, whether you're singing 'O Little Town of Bethlehem ... time implemented by the Roman legate of Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, but this was about a decade after the birth of Jesus ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

Maybe it’s because I celebrate Hanukkah, which is often weeks ahead (though this year it’s right on time ... the town “Bethlehem,” in honor of the birthplace of Jesus Christ, forever ...

The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.

Priests lead a procession on a cold Lithuanian night. A colorful celebration is brightened by candlelight in Mexico. Santa ...

Says Lotz, "They were in the fields outside of Bethlehem ... it is time to see the fullness of this event. Lucado says forgetting that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus would be like ...

According to the Christmas story, Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a stable because there was no room at the inn. Today, nearly all of Bethlehem’s 5,500 hotel rooms are empty.