Streets are bustling with tour groups and hotels are fully booked, as Israeli-Palestinian tensions appear to be having little effect on the number of holiday tourists

The annual tradition in the Christian quarter sees locals and visitors of all faiths embrace the winter festivities with music, lights and food

Former athlete Issa Kassissieh receives visitors of all faiths at his 700-year-old Old City home, which he turned into a festive grotto: 'I open my hands to everybody'

Countries grapple with choice of dimming festivals or making a show after two years of COVID

For Milad Ayyad, the trip to the city sacred to Christians, his first outside Gaza since childhood, was 'like traveling from one country to another'

With many countries going through renewed outbreaks, vaccine centers in Britain stay open Saturday to deliver 'jingle jabs'; Philippines celebrates amid typhoon devastation

Pope Francis laments ongoing conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, Ethiopia, as Italy sets new daily COVID-19 case record

COVID-19 again disrupts holiday, with flights grounded and church services canceled, but gatherings are easier than last year and billions still manage to celebrate

Tens of thousands visit northern town for festive events; in the West Bank, meanwhile, locals who depend on tourism for their livelihood say health crisis 'worse than war'

Elana Berusch's marble holiday cookie recipe has gone viral, expanding her reach far beyond her 30,000 Instagram followers - but, as the color scheme shows, it's not about Yuletide