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The Morning Call: ‘Bethlehem’s Christmas, 1741’: Exhibit tells story of city’s first Christmas
December 22nd, 2016 | Home
There are competing theories on how the City of Bethlehem got its name, and one of those involves cows. It was on Christmas Eve in 1741 that a group of Moravians led by Count Ludwig Von Zinzendorf gathered in a two-room log house where the Hotel Bethlehem now sits and christened their new missionary settlement “Bethlehem” after the birthplace of Jesus.
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