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December 16, 2014

West Bank town takes pride in links to St. Nicholas, celebrates Dec. 19

Lorette Kassis watches her daughter Lordes, 10, light candles near a painting of St. Nicholas in a church named after the saint in Beit Jalla, West Bank, Dec. 14. In Beit Jalla, which is about 65 percent Christian, St. Nicholas day is celebrated with t he Greek Orthodox Dec. 19.

BEIT JALLA, West Bank - Bethlehem might have the Church of the Nativity, but residents of this largely Christian town adjacent to Bethlehem say they have St. Nicholas.

Published in International