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Palestine
M.r.ibtrs of all denominations assemble to worship and s.mg carols in the Church of die .Nativity in Bethlehem - directly above {he bnihp.acc of the Holy'Chi|d. As of old, the Church is; ablaze v.iih . flag- ar.d decorations on Christmas Evening, and men and women crowd doors and windows 'I even standing upon the square, flat, house tops to view the spectacle. A signal from the watcher at die highest point announces the coming u. the nrocession which is dramatically heralded by a flying horseman no.u.ng aloft a streaming ban; *;cr. A corps of native police, ''smourited upon firry Arabian hordes is followed by a solitary horseman standing upon a black steed, carrying the cross on high. FdBoWv n.g completing the procession are •the cortege of church men and native ‘government, and the two• ». carnages with their pic.u.tsque O rental Jehus. *
The precession solemnly liters•*hc church. Because the plac’hg of the arvc.t c.'Tigy of the Holy1
- nnot be seen by the public, the people move forward in the church, pass behind the high altars and down the steep, winding steps which lead to die grotto. Here,
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