Durham Memorial Baptist Church is going “Back to Bethlehem.” The eastern Durham County church is recreating a first century marketplace to tell the Christmas story of Mary and Joseph’s journey and Jesus’ birth.
About this time each holiday season, new books come out about Christmas and, less frequently, Hanukkah. There are two new books out, one from a local publisher, that are worth reading – one for fun, the other for history – but both offer insight into our December holiday customs.