Bethlehem may dig its way out of traffic problems

It's Christmas, and the little town of Bethlehem is jammed with a big-city problem-traffic snarling streets everywhere, including around the church marking the spot where tradition says Jesus was born.

The city is considering a dramatic solution to the problem - digging a tunnel under Manger Square.

Traffic is a mess year-round. Bethlehem may be the biblical town of grottoes and shepherds' fields in the minds of many around the world, but it is a modern densely populated town of 28,000 with a dizzying weave of small streets that practically guarantee traffic jams.