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Palestinian Melkite Catholics Eli and Peter Hosh prepare meat in the kitchen of their restaurant, Abu Eli, in Bethlehem.

Bethlehem has a special hold on family

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Brothers Peter and Eli Hosh grew up knowing that their hometown was not only the place where they went to school and ran down to the corner market for their mother, but the town where Jesus was born.

Ray Taylor, holding his son Matthew, along with his daughter Sarah, were full of anticipation for the Christmas dinner at the annual Good Shepherd event at the Hamilton Convention Centre.

Good Shepherd hosts Christmas family feast

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HAMILTON, Ont. -- At 9 a.m. Sunday morning, Dec. 15, Jen Edmonds was one of 800 volunteers contributing to the complex task of welcoming over 2,000 people to the Hamilton Convention Centre for a formal, sit-down Christmas dinner, a visit with Santa, gifts for every child, coats and mittens for those who need them. 

The City of Edmonton Augmented Reality app is an interactive digital Nativity scene, created by digital media students at NAIT, accessed on a smartphone.

Edmonton goes digital for Nativity scene

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EDMONTON -- A new Nativity scene at Edmonton City Hall has taken the centuries-old Christmas tradition into the realm of computer-generated virtual reality.

An indigenous creche scene. Nancy Mallett has been collecting creches from all over the world for an annual exhibit.

The world of creche

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It’s amazing how far a small, one-off special creche exhibit has come over the past two decades at St. James Cathedral in downtown Toronto.

Angela Iglesias-Macias, Grade 6 (Winner)

Christmas Drawing Contest 2018 Winners

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The young artists who enter The Catholic Register’s annual Christmas drawing contest express themselves in many artistic forms. 

Students at St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School put together Romero Wonderland each Christmas for students from surrounding elementary schools.

'Romero Wonderland' brings out the best in students

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At St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School, students believe the true joy of Christmas is in sharing what you have. 

St. Jean de Brebeuf

Brebéuf’s carol a long way from today’s version

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“The Huron Carol” you may have so enjoyed singing and listening to all these Christmases — well, it’s not the true words of St. Jean de Brébeuf’s you have been led to believe.

A worker has some chairs on the move at the Furniture Bank, where they deal with helping needy families all year round.

This is one bank built on gift of giving

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Christmas may come but once a year, but at the Furniture Bank they keep their eyes and ears open to the season year-round.

The 12 days of Christmas in medieval times was marked by much feasting, as this miniature portrait shows, illustrated by the Limbourg brothers in the 15th century.

Medieval Christmas a time for feasting

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For your average serf of medieval Europe, Christmas was a pretty good deal, but not really a big deal.

This nativity scene above the main entrance to St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church is a rare example of Byzantine iconography in stained glass.

Nativity puts Byzantine art on grand scale at Winnipeg Ukrainian Church

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Nativity scenes are common during the Christmas season but few in Canada can match a stained glass window in a Winnipeg church for size and splendour.

St. Michael’s Cathedral sits as a beacon in the heart of the city, a place of welcome and spiritual welcome.

Christmas a time to welcome those seeking spiritual refuge

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Every year St. Michael’s Cathedral fields an RCIA class of 20 to 30 for adult baptisms and confirmations. A lot of that success starts on Christmas Day, according to cathedral rector Fr. Michael Busch.

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