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Mainly Iraqi Kurd children gather to greet Santa Claus in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on Christmas Eve, on December 24, 2010.

Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP/Getty Images

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Mainly Iraqi Kurd children gather to greet Santa Claus in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on Christmas Eve, on December 24, 2010.
A surfer dressed in a Santa costume surfs at Kuta beach on the Indoensian resort island of Bali on December 24, 2010.
Young people attend a Christmas service in the Moscow's Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2010. While most Russians will mark Orthodox Christmas on January 7, 2009 according to the old Julian calendar, Western Christmas is celebrated on 25 December by Russia's 600,000-strong Roman Catholic community.
Pfc. Kyle Garcia from Ridgefield, Wash., right, along with Spc. Steven Galvin from Holstein, Iowa, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry, returns fires after a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
A Thai mahout directs his elephant at Jirasartwitthaya school in Ayutthaya, Thailand, as elementary school students watch a show featuring elephants dressed as Santa Claus Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. The Christmas event has been held for at least five years at the Thai school where the majority of the students are Buddhist.
Catholic pilgrims pray inside the Grotto of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
Palestinian protesters wearing a Santa Claus costumes run away from a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's separation barrier outside the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, Dec 24, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.
A Palestinian protester wearing a Santa Claus costume runs away from a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's separation barrier outside the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, Dec 24, 2010. Israel saysthe barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.
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