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Coverage dated December 23, 2021

Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in biblical Bethlehem

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The biblical town of Bethlehem marked its second straight Christmas Eve under the shadow of the coronavirus -- with small crowds and gray, gloomy weather

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    Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in biblical Bethlehem (opens Fredericksburg.com)

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    BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The biblical town of Bethlehem marked its second straight Christmas Eve under the shadow of the coronavirus -- with small crowds and gray, gloomy weather

  2. Al Jazeera

    Bethlehem resumes Christmas celebrations amid COVID curbs (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Christmas celebrations in the town where Jesus Christ was born had been cancelled last year due to coronavirus lockdown.

  3. Hickory Daily Record

    Virus weighs again on Christmas festivities in Bethlehem (opens Hickory Daily Record)

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    BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Musicians banging drums and playing bagpipes marched through the biblical town of Bethlehem on Friday to the delight of smaller than usual crowds — a

  4. France 24

    Bethlehem subdued for second pandemic Christmas (opens France 24)

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    In Bethlehem's Manger Square, visitors in Santa hats and scouts beating drums marked Christmas Eve on Friday, but fewer people attended as coronavirus fears overshadowed celebrations for a second yea…

  5. The Times of Israel

    Coronavirus, and rain, dampen Christmas joy in Bethlehem (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Local authorities counting on the Holy Land’s small Christian community to lift spirits for the holiday after Israel imposes tourist travel ban in attempt to stop spread of Omicron

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