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Of glass. according to the louver museum that should read 673. >> thats nothing like the unholy uproar of pariss sons of church. it features religious artifacts plus astronomical line. more of dan browns tail. michelle spends much of his day correcting the false hoods with a less than divine image of jesus christ. >> if you believe what is in the book and they are quite surprised to discover at least what it says about this church. >> up next bethlehem takes a look at the town andhurch of the na...

Called an iconstasis with silver and gold depictions of the saints and the holy family. this is seen as a connecting point between heaven and earth. to our right, we have the arm menian alter and to the left, a small altar. here in bethlehem, we get christmas three times, christmas on december 25th, the catholics will celebrate christmas eve mass there and bring a doll of jesus and put it in the nativity. on january 7th, we have greek orthodox christmas and on january 19th, we have armenian chri...

Christmas carol thing. this is more about the fact of jesus is going to draw people from east and west and north and south. the nativity scene today is largely a result of the devotion of st. francis of assist si -- there are elements which go beyond the gospel text. >> so many re-enactments of the nativity show this drama about making it to bethlehem and how difficult it was. he traveled 90 miles with a pregnant wife. >> when i talk to my classes about the narratives i say, stop, pause, remind....

Of the church. >> got set forth his son born of woman. the reason, we could not find salvation on our own. we could not be freed from our sins on our own. and so god enters into our world. >> for people who have not visited bethlehem, entered the church of the nativity or descended into the grotto it may be surprising tolash that jesus was born here in a cave north in a stable. >> so as were standing in a natural cave that is made into soft limestone here, we see first the grotto of the birth. t...

>> thank you so much, andy grammar. e yet. no christmas is complete without one man. you know who he is. santa. 24r is -- there is something eerily familiar about this santa. >> let your heart be light. ♪ snow. ♪ from now on our troubles will be out of sight ♪ ♪ have yourself ♪ a merry little christmas >> a holy event that changed the world, yet questions still remain unanswered and now the amazing truth behind the story. lauren green takes us on a special journey. the nativity, fact, ...

Grot el of the nativity. father oconnor took us there. >> there are two altars this is the brothel of the nativity scene. if you put your hand through the whole you can touch. on this side this is the altar of the manger. >> even in this paceful place there are long running disputes. the altar of the manger belongs to the monks the other alter in greek orthodox. the other christian groups is the arameanian orthodox. >> there is splits every where. >> exactly. that is give to go the holy man. >> ...

Bands theyre practicing for the grand patriarch. thats the head of the catholic church coming here for midnight mass. security is tight because theres a lot of delegates that come here for mass including palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he gave his christmas message saying palestinian christians are an integral part of our society and international movement. ive got another fun fact four this hour, christine, last hour i told you how the stable that we think of for the nativity is not made o...

The nativity where jesus was born, it was actually a large cave is what i was told so it dispels what we traditionally think. >> have a good holiday and a merry christmas to you. that is it for me. for our international viewers, "amanpour" is next. for our u.s. viewers, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts after this quick break. ♪

Dixon says if it was a pretty nativity, there wouldnt have been an issue, and its his first amendment right to have it up. >> but its ugly. ill go with that. >> its understandable that a lot of people dont like it. >> and wrong. yeah. wrong that its up. whatever. i digress. sony pictures is threatening to sue the worlds biggest media companies, but could the entertainment giant now be going after me and you? the latest on its warning to one major social media network about users who dare to di...

Collection, i think. >> thats pretty whacky. jackie kennedy, obviously fascinating for so many of our viewers for so many years. what she brought, the spirit she brought around the holidays. talk about the positive, but then of course, the negative we all remember that tragic day in 1963. as i recall and you say in your book, they were about to send out the christmas cards and put a stop to it because of the assassination. >> thats right. they had already ordered their christmas cards. john and ...