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 | Christmas of 1999: Joyeux Noel - Merry Christmas" is written on a house in Cocheren near Saarbruecken, western Germany, pictured on Saturday night Dec. 11, 1999. Some house owners in the small village near the French border compete to show off the most beautiful Christmas decoration. The unofficial competition attracts a lot of visitors, sometimes even roads have to be closed. (AP) click to open  |  | Christmas of 1999: The national Christmas Tree and the Washington Monument as seen at dusk from the south lawn of the White House Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999 in Washington, DC. click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: Christmas trees are seen in background as people have fun on the artificial ice-ring that was set up in front of the Milan's gothic cathedral known as the Duomo, Sunday, December 12, 1999. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: The lighted Capitol Hill Christmas Tree stands on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 in Washington. The tree is a 70-foot tall white spruce from the North Central Research Center station in Rhinelander, Wisc. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: The Eiffel Tower displays Day minus 16 to Year 2000 as a worker piles up 'imported' snow next to plastic animals in preparation for a Christmas village that is being set up on the Trocadero plaza in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: Pope John Paul II pushes on a switch to turn on the Vatican's exterior lighting Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, assisted by president Rome's Electric utility company ACEA Fulvio Vento. The new, gentler lighting donated by ACEA was a final touch for the makeover given the basilica which will be the centerpiece of the Vatican's 2000 Holy Year celebrations which begin on Christmas Eve. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: Children skate in a rink at the Christmas village set up on the Trocadero Gardens in Paris, France Saturday Dec.18, 1999.. The Eiffel Tower marks 14 days before year 2000. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: A woman at a Lisbon supermarket picks up some salted codfish, the traditional Portuguese Christmas meal, Dec. 18 1999. At Christmastime the greater demand for cod sends the price up 10 to 15 percent. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: Ricardo Diaz, 1, cries while sitting on the lap of Santa Claus Monday, Dec. 20, 1999, in Mexico City. Christmas preparations began in earnest Monday, as families made last-minute purchases throughout the packed downtown section of town. (AP) click to open |  | Christmas of 1999: President Clinton, along with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton show illustrations from 'The Night Before Christmas' to children gathered for a reading of the holiday classic in the East Room of the White House Monday. Listening are Tiara Rasheed, 5, of Washington, D.C., and Alex Dubin, 8, of Los Angeles, far right. (Reuters) click to open |
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