Haifa festivus december 2012

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Haifa's Festival of Festivals offers 'a path to tolerance'

December in Haifa has become synonymous with Israel's version of Festivus, a secular celebratory carnival of nothing too specific.

A Palestinian man dressed up as Santa Claus carries a Christmas tree and rings a bell as he walks along the wall of Jerusalem's Old City, on December 23 2012, as Christians around the world prepare for Christmas celebrations.

MENAHEM KAHANA

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