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A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

by Frances D’Emilio & Elliot Spagat
| December 25, 2020 12:03 PM

ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.

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