Final touches to lights and decorations, and Bethlehem is beginning to sparkle in the darkness... As happens every year, just days before Christmas, there's the traditional switching on ceremony of the "tree of peace". Ten meters high with sparkling lights, this Christmas tree has the honor of being in a special place ... next to the Basilica of the Nativity. Christmas Day in Bethlehem is the most anticipated day of the year. Now more than at any other time, Bethlehem is the center of the world, and in the heart of every Christian. Many pilgrims come to the town from all over the world, and this year has been a truly remarkable one in which many tourists will spend the night at the place of the Nativity.
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