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Christians visit Jesus' birthplace on Christmas

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    Leland Vittert reports from Bethlehem

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I will -- -- from around the world as you know every year they flocked to Bethlehem attending the Christmas Day services at the church of the nativity.

Lining up to see the traditional birthplace of Jesus -- -- live in Bethlehem.

Sending us his Christmas greetings like nobody else today can highly Nguyen Merry Christmas to you.

Merry Christmas to you gaming you're right it is really a unique in magical place.

On first defeat for Chris is -- -- -- out here.

He treated you looking out -- -- crazy because history.

I'll let up -- and gets past that the church of the nativity.

We're still tonight there are at least a couple of thousand pilgrims lined up trying to head in -- down to the grotto.

Where the Bible says Jesus was born more than two millennia -- go last night.

Christmas Eve mass they are inside the church of the nativity act.

Midnight the Latin patriarch got out and proclaimed the birth of Jesus he also took a little bit of political baggage.

His -- celebrated the birth -- what he called.

The nation of Palestine with their new UN observer status -- -- something silly on the minds of a lot of people here a lot of the vocal cheering got handed throughout.

The west bank and nobody really does Christmas celebrations like they do in the West Bank Palestinian Boy Scouts marched in -- snare drums.

The streets down the star road to the famous road that leads.

From Jerusalem and did that play hand there were a number of pilgrims from all over the world especially -- in the United States who got to.

Talk to a native been here for Christmas is a totally different experience -- Anything you have back in the states the kids.

This Santa clauses in the presidents really are not what is the priority here -- much about faith it is much about the spirituality of the moment for the thousand.

Who come visit here.

During the Christmas time they also say -- you can see militants and -- -- -- the geography.

Filled it is one person instead all the gaps in the Bible or what it dead one -- to read about it and everything to be here and actually experience it.

-- -- -- hitters on Christmas thank you Leland.

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