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Volunteers take phone calls and answer emails at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Lots of military secrets are hidden behind the gleaming walls of NORAD'S headquarters building, including this one: Just how do they get Santa's flight path onto their computer screens every Christmas Eve? Tracking Santa's travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolds Friday for the 55th year.

Photo: Ed Andrieski / AP

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Roman catholic faithfuls kiss a statue of child Jesus held by a priest after the Christmas eve mass at a church in Manila, late December 24, 2010. The country also has the longest Christmas season in the world, which officially begins with nine pre-dawn masses nine days before December 25 and typically extends to the first week of January.
A man adjust lights reading Merry Christmas at St Paul.s church in Amritsar on December 24, 2010. Despite Christians forming a little over two percent of the billion plus population in India, with Hindus comprising the majority, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare and zeal throughout the country.
Athens, Ala. Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely, right, greets Royce Richardson as he and his staff deliver Christmas gifts to county inmates, Friday morning, Dec. 24, 2010. Blakely started this tradition in 1982, giving inmates fruit, candy, toiletries and games.
Megan Shaffer, 8, right, holds a candle during the singing of "Silent Night" at the Christmas Eve service at First Baptist Church in Sioux Falls, S.D., Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
Volunteers take phone calls and answer emails at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Lots of military secrets are hidden behind the gleaming walls of NORAD'S headquarters building, including this one: Just how do they get Santa's flight path onto their computer screens every Christmas Eve? Tracking Santa's travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolds Friday for the 55th year.
Indian children dressed as Santa Claus light up candles as they offer prayers on the eve of Christmas Day at St Paul's church in Amritsar on December 24, 2010. Despite Christians forming a little over two percent of the billion plus population in India,with Hindus comprising the majority, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare and zeal throughout the country.
A Pakistani man and a woman ride a motorcycle in an alley of a Christian neighborhood decorated with lights on Christmas eve in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
Palestinian girls in traditional dresses attend a Christmas parade in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus' birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve.
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