Pilgrims Head To The Church Of Nativity Ahead Of Christmas

Fact Pilgrims Head To The Church Of Nativity Ahead Of Christmas

A Christian boy prays at the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity

Christian pilgrims pray at the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank

Christian pilgrims pray at the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity on December 22, 2011 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Every year pilgrims travel to the church at Christmastime where a gold star embedded in the floor, marks the spot where Jesus was believed to be born. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

A Christian pilgrim walks through the Church of the Nativity

Palestinian Muslim schoolgirls visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Palestinian Muslim schoolgirls visit the Church of the Nativity on December 22, 2011 in Bethlehem, West Bank. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

A man places his fingers into the crucifix-shaped holes in one of the ancient columns in the Church of the Nativity

A woman places her fingers into the crucifix-shaped holes in one of the ancient columns in the Church of the Nativity on December 22, 2011 in Bethlehem, West Bank. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)