The Christmas holiday spirit has arrived to the Galilee early this year.

Vered Hagalil, a lovely 30 unit upscale guesthouse located five minutes from the Mt. of Beatitudes, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, is offering the best holiday present. Stay one night and get one night free including a full, cooked to order breakfast, throughout the month of December, for stays on Saturday through Wednesday nights only, excluding the nights of Hanukah which fall on December 21 through 28, 2011. So, after you've spent Christmas in Bethlehem and/or Jerusalem, plan a trip to the Galilee and include the Vered Hagalil in your stay.

Within a five minute drive, you can see many of the major Galilee sites including Capernaum, Tabgha, Peters Primacy, Domus Galilee, Korazin and of course, the Mt. of Beatitudes.

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For a million-star experience, bring your yoga mat and sleeping bag to the official campsite in the Makhtesh Ramon National Park. Here in the vastness of the Negev Desert's largest erosion cirque, sometimes called a crater, you'll commune with the splendor of the galaxy obscured by the street lights of London. You'll be dazzled by the Milky Way - an enormous banner of stars stretching across the sky so distinctly you can almost touch it. The price? Free. The number of fellow campers besides you and your partner? Likely none.

At the other end of the simplicity to utter luxury spectrum, you can stay at the palatial lakeside home of a British lord. Villa Melchett on the shores of the freshwater Sea of Galilee, a glorious relic of the British Mandate of Palestine, has been burnished to perfection as an ultra-luxurious three-suite lodge

George Salfity is a shining example of perseverance and dedication. General Manager of the landmark YMCA Jerusalem, built in 1933 and one of the most prominent Christian guesthouses in the Holy land, George feels he is "where he's meant to be."

For George, the YMCA  is a part and parcel of himself. He spends much of his time each week away from his wife and 4 children who live in Jerusalem, working late nights at the property and attending to all the details of day to day management. When the building was nominated in 1983 for a Nobel Peace prize for reconciliation and co-existence work, he was proud, "this is a Christian institution and it is open to all."  The property's mission of being a place for tolerance and co-existence is reflective of George's personal philosophy. He makes it a point to recruit and maintain a diversified staff of Jews, Arab Muslims and Christians. In fact members of the YMCA board come from many backgrounds. There are 21 board members, of which 7 are Jews, 7 are Arab Moslems and Christians ,7 are Internationals.

During his 29 year tenure at the YMCA he has hosted dignitaries that used the A La Carte Restaurant including Madeline Albright, Warren Christopher, and Hillary Clinton, who visited the famous kindergarten on site. Many

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