BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santa Clauses and marching bands are missing this year.
There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally erected to celebrate the event that Christians believe took place on this spot more than 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ.
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