Christmas Celebrations Around the World
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Hundreds of millions of Christians Saturday are celebrating Christmas, despite conflict, persecution and fear of terrorist attack.
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The BBC News website look at the variety of European traditions at Christmas and New Year.
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British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq will be celebrating Christmas with turkey dinners and Santa hats.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Encouraged by renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Christian pilgrims from around the world converged on Jesus's traditional birthplace Monday to celebrate Christmas -- a palpable contrast to the sparse crowds of recent years.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the place traditionally known as the birthplace of Jesus, welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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The following events to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are all open to the public. The earliest services are listed first; some churches offer more than one.
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Santa Claus is facing tough times in Europe. So, for that matter, are the Virgin Mary, Joseph and even baby Jesus.
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BELGRADE, Jan 7  Thousands of Serbs celebrated Christmas today in one of the world's biggest Orthodox churches, lighting candles for the dead and living, in an age-old ritual that was all but defunct ...
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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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Pope John Paul told the world in his Christmas message on Saturday that people were yearning for peace everywhere around the globe and expressed particular concern for Iraq, the Middle East and Africa.
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Here is the official English translation of Pope John Paul&#39;s &quot;Urbi et Orbi&quot; (to the city and the world) Christmas message on Saturday.
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Pope John Paul told the world in  his Christmas message on Saturday that people were yearning for  peace everywhere around the globe and expressed particular  concern for Iraq, the Middle East and Africa.
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Millions of people across the UK celebrate the New Year, with the biggest events in London and Edinburgh.
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Christmas on the island of Sicily, New Year&#39;s eve at the bay of Naples. Italy mapped out Tuesday a two-month-long journey for the 2006 Winter Olympics torch, which will cross
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Travel: Warm up for New Year's Eve 2008 with our gallery of celebrations around the world
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Pope John Paul II ushered in Christmas today by celebrating Midnight Mass at St. Peter&#39;s Basilica, praying that world leaders will strive for peace and that Jews, Muslims
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Santa Claus presents Christmas gifts to young patients in a pediatrics ward at Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam, Seoul, Monday after flying into town from the northern Finnish hamlet of Rovaniemi.