Christmas Celebrated All Around the World
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Some two thousand worshippers gathered for Christmas Eve mass in Seoul to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, a festival of religious joy for many in the country.
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[Health India]: London, Dec 23 : Christmas is the time to eat, drink and be merry, and to put on some extra pounds also, thanks to all the mouth watering cakes and cookies.
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As Christmas approaches, Christians around the world turn to thoughts of the Holy Land and the great figures in the Bible.
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Everywhere the Pistons and the Pacers looked on Christmas, they were reminded of their shared indiscretion.
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Masses are held in Bethlehem and Rome as millions of Christians around the world mark the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter's in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East. But from Indonesia to Iraq, fear overshadowed the festivities.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as  the town of Jesus's birth celebrated the festival with new  hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat's death.
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Across the country, initiatives are sprouting to push commerce out of Christmas and focus on tradition.
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25 December 2004 -- Hundreds of millions of Christians are celebrating Christmas today. Many of those are turning their. thoughts to a small Palestinian West Bank town where many people believe Jesus Christ was born 2,004 years ago.
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The day of December 1 is celebrated all over the world as the World AIDS Day. The holiday was marked for the first time in 1988. Organizers have chosen the motto &quot;Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS&quot; as the theme for this year&#39;s campaign.
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Pope John Paul II ushered in Christmas on Friday celebrating midnight Mass at St. Peter&#39;s Basilica, where worshipers prayed for world leaders to strive for peace and for
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Pope John Paul told the world in  his Christmas message on Saturday that people everywhere were  yearning for peace and expressed particular concern for Iraq,  the Middle East and Africa.
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The sounds of the holiday season are a joyous cacophony of loving banter, caroling and children&#39;s laughter. Thanks to the classic film &quot;It&#39;s a Wonderful Life,&quot; everyone knows that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
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A life-sized Nativity scene is seen in front of the obelisk and near the Christmas tree in St. Peter&#39;s Square at the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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Do they know it's Christmas? Maybe, maybe not. The bigger   question is: Do we care?
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Merry Christmas! That's right, Merry Christmas. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, Muslim, agnostic, pagan, barbarian or whatever, Merry Christmas!
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BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- While everyone is busy celebrating Christmas, retailers are the busiest: making reductions and doing promotions, because they know Santa Claus will bring them a fortune too.