Bethlehem Enjoys A Festive Christmas (Washington Post)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Christians celebrated Bethlehem's
merriest Christmas in eight years Wednesday, with hotels booked solid,
Manger Square bustling with families and Israeli and Palestinian forces
cooperating to make things run smoothly.
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Pass or Fail: The NHL playing games on Christmas Day (Yahoo! Canada
Sports)
Hockey on New Year's Day is pretty much a sure thing from here on
out; depending on, of course, if college football ever decides to put more
of its 215 bowl games back to Jan. 1. But according to Kevin Allen of USA
Today , along with your spiked eggnog and numerous soon-to-be exchanged
presents there might be two hockey games added to your Christmas
festivities in the not-so-distant ...
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Some Orthodox Christians will celebrate Christmas today (Detroit Free
Press)
Some Orthodox Christians will trade that greeting today as they
celebrate Christmas in Orthodox churches across metro Detroit. Some
Armenians celebrated Christmas on Tuesday, but other Orthodox Christians,
though not all, mark it today. Metro Detroit has a significant Orthodox
population with roots in Greece, Armenia, Serbia, Egypt and other parts of
the Middle East.
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Merry Christmas, Marbleheads! (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
A very merry Christmas and happy holidays from The Marbles. Yappers
and lurkers alike, I can't thank each of you enough for making us the No.
1 NASCAR blog on the web, and I can't wait to get our second season
started! On behalf of the D00D, Johnny Jimson, Rainbow, Baby Logano and
all the other creations of this place, here's hoping the holidays are
enjoyable for you and yours. And if anybody ...
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Greggs pleased with Christmas sales (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK &
Ireland Finance)
Bakery chain Greggs increased like-for-like sales during the
four-week Christmas trading period by 5.3%.
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