For first time, Christmas celebrated as official holiday in Iraq

Friday, December 26, 2008

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Christians, a scant minority in this overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time.

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