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Pope delivers Christmas blessing after fall (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pope Benedict XVI delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Pope to celebrate Christmas midnight mass at 10pm (CNN)

For the first time in the Vatican’s long history, midnight mass on Christmas eve will be celebrated two hours earlier, at 10pm.

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Bleak Christmas for many Samoans in tsunami’s wake (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Even in deeply Christian Samoa, Christmas promises little joy for the thousands trying to rebuild their lives after September’s devastating tsunami.

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Christmas becomes a battleground in some US towns (AFP via Yahoo! News)

In a town in Virginia where a key Civil War battle was fought in 1861, the battleground this year has moved to the courthouse and the prize being fought over is Christmas.

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Topsy-Turvy Christmas Foolery (New York Times)

Pantomimes, or recastings of old children’s stories, are an essential part of the British Christmas season, and they often feature big stars.

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