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and her family found no room for them in the Inn,

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a boy baby,

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lehem front Nazareth in 1955
was. a Christian Arab whose
honie now ties inside the Jewish
state of Israel. Bethlehem — Hes
on the other side of a military
iamistice line in the Arab king-
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acting events surrounding
birth: of Christ.

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Bethlehem each: year,

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celebrated on January 7, und on
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tivities is a service in Shepherd's
Field on, Christinas’ éve, con-
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