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In pics: Christmas celebrations around the world
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Santa spreads cheer in China: A contestant wearing a Santa Claus costume rides in a sledge pulled by a reindeer during a race at a local winter festival in Genhe of Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. While Christmas is not a traditional festival in officially atheist China, it is gaining popularity in more metropolitan areas. (Reuters)
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is Santa Claus: Members of a parachute club wearing Santa Claus costumes fly past residential buildings to drop presents to pedestrians during an event in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. (Reuters)
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Saint Mary's Cathedral is decorated with Christmas lights as Myanmar Christians gather for Christmas Mass cerebrations. (AP)
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The Grinch who took a jet ride? A jet ski rider dressed as the Grinch takes part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance in Alexandria, Virginia. (Reuters)
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Children dressed as angels take part in a Christmas Eve mass at the South Cathedral official Catholic church in Beijing. (AP)
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Christmas cheer: Children participating in the Candlelight Communion Service at the Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church in Paducah, Ky., in the US on Christmas Eve night.
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A man exits an illuminated Church on Christmas Eve in Ahmedabad. (AP)
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