Jesus' birth re-enacted for tourists in Nazareth

NAZARETH, Israel (AP) — The birth of Jesus Christ has been celebrated in the Israeli city of Nazareth with a reenactment of the Christmas story.

The Bible says Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in what is now the West Bank. But Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel, is where the Bible says Jesus grew up and where the angel Gabriel told Mary she would give birth to the son of God.

Tuesday's reenactment was held in Nazareth Village, a tourist site in the city that's meant to give visitors a feel for what life would have been like in biblical times.

Actors dressed as Joseph and Mary, Roman soldiers, shepherds and the innkeeper took visitors on a trip through time to tell the Christmas story.