Christmas celebrated in Bethlehem

Clergymen gather in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity as Christians gather for Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 24, 2012. Thousands of Palestinians and tourists flocked into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas in the "little town" where many believe Jesus Christ was born.

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