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Visitors Seek Church of Nativity for Three Christmas Observances
The article describes Christmas celebrations at Bethlehem including Roman Catholic Greek Orthodox and Armenian rites at the Church of the Nativity above the Grotto of the Nativity. It notes dates for Jan 6 7 and 19 for various calendars and cites a local 1964 event on January 15 at the 4 H building with an election to a three year board term. It also mentions Norway Denmark and a Danish custom.
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