Christmas all over the world and outer space (ASL – 12.25.19)

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Christians all over the world gather today to celebrate the Christmas holiday.

The West Bank town of Bethlehem hosted its annual Christmas celebration.

The crowds were treated to the color and sound of parades, Christmas carols and a midnight Christmas vigil.

Some Gaza Christians were granted permits to celebrate Christmas in the town after Israeli officials had indicated they could deny permission.

In the US, a 4-year-old boy in Massachusetts thought this would be a sad Christmas for him.

His mother was killed last month.

But some officers with the Fitchburg Police Department didn’t want him to miss out on the holiday cheer.

The officers, along with other nearby departments, delivered a new bike and a load of presents to the boy named JJ, who now lives with his grandparents.

Turns out JJ loves anything to do with police, so they showered him with gifts, a parade of police cars, a vest and a badge.

The department posted the pictures on Facebook, which have gone viral.

And a few thousand miles up in space astronauts aboard the International Space Station celebrated the holidays by sharing this fun video.

It shows him gulping hot cocoa and hot apple cider bubbles as they float in the air and doing weightless backflips.

Unfortunately peace on earth is not being felt in some parts of the world.

Hong Kong has been experiencing seven months of nonstop antigovernment protests and is showing no sign of stopping.

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