To get a jump on holiday giving, I went to Bethlehem. I didn’t have enough air miles to fly to the Bethlehem near Jerusalem, so I drove up to Bethlehem, New Hampshire.
It may not be the cradle of biblical history, but this New England Bethlehem has its own Christmas cradle of kitsch, quirkiness, and some Hanukkah devotees, too, I discovered.
A town marker informs, “Bethlehem is the highest elevated town East of the Rockies.” And it was incorporated on Christmas Day, 1799. What could be more Christmas-like?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/sandwich/news/lifestyle/columnists/x1743705104/In-My-Mind-s-Eye-Bethlehem
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