12/24/11 CHRISTMAS EVE BEGINS IN BETHLEHEM: "Updated: 6:02PM GMT 24/12/2011 Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and local Christians gathered in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem to begin Christmas Eve celebrations Visitors gathered near the 50ft (15-metre) Christmas tree at Manger Square this morning taking pictures and enjoying the sunshine The main event will be Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, built over the location where Jesus is believed to have been born Israel's Tourism Ministry said it expects 90,000 tourists to visit the Holy Land for the holiday. Lydia Weitzman..." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8977154/Christmas-Eve-celebrations-begin-in-Bethlehem.html

CHRISTMAS EVE BEGINS IN BETHLEHEM:
"Updated: 6:02PM GMT 24/12/2011 Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and local Christians gathered in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem to begin Christmas Eve celebrations Visitors gathered near the 50ft (15-metre) Christmas tree at Manger Square this morning taking pictures and enjoying the sunshine The main event will be Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, built over the location where Jesus is believed to have been born Israel's Tourism Ministry said it expects 90,000 tourists to visit the Holy Land for the holiday. Lydia Weitzman..."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8977154/Christmas-Eve-celebrations-begin-in-Bethlehem.html