BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 24:  Visitors light candles in the Church of the Nativity on December 24, 2014 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Every Christmas pilgrims travel to the church where a gold star embedded in the floor marks the spot where Jesus was believed to have been born.  (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

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Bethlehem may no longer be the 'little town' of Christmas carols, but you don't have to go far in what is now a pulsing city to see the stories of Mary and Joseph, stars, mangers and a saviour hardwired into every paving stone, street and church.


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