And many will attend special church services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

On Saturday,President Obama said an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently trained and equipped the Nigerian man accused in the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Meanwhile,IntelCenter,a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group that works with the U.S.government, warns the Christmas day attack could be just the start, and that the possibility of additional attempts on U.S.airplanes can not be ruled out.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26