MOSCOW
* New Year performances (December 25, 2004 - January 9, 2005) will start in the State Kremlin Palace.
VATICAN
* The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the main holiday, the Nativity of Jesus Christ.
GRAND FORKS, U.S.
* The 29th world hockey youth championship will open in Grand Forks (North Dacota), USA. Ten teams will participate in the championship. The United States, Russia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Belarus will play in Group A, and Canada, Finland, Sweden, Slovakia and Germany - in Group B.
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