bethlehem - Tripatini2024-03-28T13:54:35Zhttps://tripatini.com/group/palestine/photos/feed/tag/bethlehemChristmas in Bethlehem's Manger Squarehttps://tripatini.com/group/palestine/photos/palestine-bethlehem-christmas-manger-square2022-12-19T09:31:48.000Z2022-12-19T09:31:48.000ZMax Peslinghttps://tripatini.com/members/MaxPesling<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10913491061?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Just south of Jerusalem, the more-than-3,400-year-old city of Bet Lahem (in Arabic, and Bayt Lahm in Hebrew), with a population around 29,000, gets around 65 percent of its revenue from tourism, and this peaks during Yuletide as Christians flock to its 6th-century Romanesque Church of the Nativity and other sites, drawn by its mystique as the purported birthplace of Jesus Christ. And during this time, Mīdān l-mhd (Manger Square) outside the Church of the Nativity is a popular Christmas-Eve gathering place.</p><p><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_in_Manger_Square_2004.JPG" target="_blank">Footballkickit</a></span></p><p> </p></div>