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Some of the 35 Christians take part in the Christmas service at Saint Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Church in central Baghdad on December 24, 2010, as Iraq's Christian community cancels many of it normal Christmas celebrations following violence against their community in October.

Photo: Ali Al-Saadi / AFP/Getty Images

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Steven Turgeon, dressed as Santa Clause waits his turn as a crowd filled the Country Style Donuts shop in Richmond, Va., on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Turgeon, from the area, said he just enjoys dressing up and getting out on Christmas Eve.
Jim Huntz, of Pennsylvania, eats soup at White's Truck Stop, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, in Raphine, Va.
A traveler waits before going through security at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. A Christmas Eve snow storm that blanketed parts of the Midwest was expected to bring rare Christmas Day snowfall to parts of the Southeast, prompting someairline flight cancellations and delays.
Palestinian Christian boys dressed in Santa Claus outfits play inside 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. Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus' birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve.
Worshippers attend the Protestant midnight Christmas service in the Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, early Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010.
A US soldier carries his food at a dining facility on the eve of Christmas at the US base of Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
Some of the 35 Christians take part in the Christmas service at Saint Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Church in central Baghdad on December 24, 2010, as Iraq's Christian community cancels many of it normal Christmas celebrations following violence against their community in October.
US soldiers and service members hold candles, while praying during a ceremony on the eve of Christmas at the US base of Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
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