They are a black man named Joe Christmas, and a former minister,John Hightower, who has lost his belief in God.

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Since it is Christmas today we thought we would take time to listen to some of the new offerings.

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It is easy to find them by the long lines of children waiting to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.

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has many traditional Christmas songs. The video for the song "Must Be Santa" has been very popular on the Internet.

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Between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Father Kurimsky will be busy with four services, and another priest will lead a fifth.

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She had been addressing Christmas cards, and the only thing that came to her mind was 'Merry' as in Merry Christmas."

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He says that at the early service on Christmas Eve, he will begin with a question for the children.

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Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas.

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They turn and face death at the hands of a mob like Joe Christmas does in the novel, "Light in August."

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"Well,first we go to church, then we come home on Christmas Eve and then we open our presents.

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Here is some jazz music by the Vince Guaraldi Trio from the television show, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

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It is very nice,you know?" The Cerqueiras say many Christmas traditions are the same in Portugal and America.

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And they brought the Saint and the custom of giving gifts into their own celebration at Christmas time.

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After Christmas, black families in the United States might also celebrate Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits" in Swahili.

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