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Bethlehem Scout Parade Festival in Bethlehem
Each Christmas Eve, scout troops from across the Bethlehem area parade in uniform through the town's streets, including down historic Star Street, converging on Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity. Widely covered by international press including Al Jazeera, France 24, and the Times of Israel, the parade is one of the most visible and consistently documented public traditions of Bethlehem's Christmas season.
On the morning of December 24th each year, scout troops from Bethlehem and surrounding towns assemble and march in full uniform through the town's streets, a tradition that has continued for decades as the visual centerpiece of Bethlehem's Christmas Eve.