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• A boy plays with a tree ornament in Newport Beach, California.
• Santa rides a military motorcycle side-car after distributing gifts to soldiers in Afghanistan.
• A member of an Iraqi volunteer group delivers presents to children near Mosul in Iraq.
• President Bush speaks to members of the U.S. Armed Forces during Christmas Eve phone calls from Camp David.
• More than 4,000 people celebrate Christmas Eve in front of the city hall in Frankfurt, Germany.
• A soldier Santa visits with other U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
• A Nativity scene is displayed in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
• People watch fireworks on Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow.
• In a Christmas Eve message of peace, Pope Benedict XVI lights a candle at his studio window at the Vatican.
• Children light candles at the Sacred Heart Church on Christmas Eve in New Delhi, India.
• Malaysian youths spray each other with artificial snow during Christmas celebrations in Kuala Lumpur.
• Catholic altar boys line up during the Christmas procession in Manger Square at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
• Dec. 24: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld serves Christmas dinner to soldiers in Mosul, Iraq.
• Dec. 24: Bassem Khedhr dances with his daughter Nuna on Christmas Eve at his family's house in Baghdad.
• Dec. 25: Iraqi police guard a Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad.