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BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square Wednesday to celebrate Christmas in Jesus' traditional birthplace.
Festivities were expected to last all night long. The highlight is Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity. Jesus is believed to have been born there.
The pilgrims were under the protection of security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. |
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A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name. Read more: |
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Augusten Burroughs doesn't hate Christmas. But he thinks he may be a magnet for holiday calamity.<p/> ``It's this odd thing,'' says the author of the bestselling memoirs Running With Scissors, Dry and A Wolf at the Table. ``I love Christmas, but each one is horrible.'' Read more: |
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Like a shiny toboggan wedged on wet snow, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular needs a little push. The traditional holiday revue, which runs in New York through Dec. 30, essentially repeats last year's program, which varied little from the show in 2007. It isn't just a return visitor who might feel that some of the old routines are indeed showing age. Read more: |
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