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World Service,19 Dec 1991,28 mins

The Performance of Christmas

Meridian

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How Christians across the world celebrate Christmas with theatre and music. Reports from Israel, India, China, South Africa, Japan and other parts of the world. Mark Tully is in Delhi where Christians ensure Christ competes with Krishna, Mohammed, Sikh gurus, Buddha and other deities/founders of religion. In London pantomime remains as popular as ever.

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