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Christmas Amid the Slums of Brooklyn Shakes Bells
In Bed Stuy, a gray Christmas unfolds as a Salvation-like scene shows a tree of canned goods and a manger. Crystal Cummings, 9, speaks of gifts she cannot buy while center leader Grace Haven provides care for 300 neighborhood children amid poverty and drugs.
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Dave
Tom
Nnlter
Brooklyn
Jesus
Crystal Cummings
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Christ
Wenethy
Grace Haven
Yvetter Babb
Haven
Waller