A Palestinian boy poses for a picture with people wearing elephant, mouse and Santa Claus costumes during a children Christmas parade near the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2009. Christian visitors coming to Bethlehem this week to celebrate the birth of Christ will encounter a concrete wall with watchtowers, built by Israel between nearby Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)