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After Christmas morning mass, a woman kisses a lifelike model symbolizing the Baby Jesus, in St. Catherine's church, inside the compound of the Church of the Nativity, traditionally said to be birthplace of Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002. Around the world Christmas is celebrated by Christians believing it to be the birthday of Jesus Christ.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)