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Article: CHRISTMAS EVE ARRIVES EARLIER IN NEW YORK CITY.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 20, 1998
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Byline: NADINE BROZAN New York Times
NEW YORK -- Christmas was still a week away, but the spirit of Christmas Eve prevailed Thursday night at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
For the last four years, the majestic church at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street has conducted what it terms the ``Travelers' Christmas Eve,'' a service that lets parishioners who are leaving town for the holidays worship in their home church. Visitors are welcome too.
From the beginning, in 1995, the early Christmas Eve was a hit, and this week it drew 625 people. The service was identical in every way with the one that will be conducted twice on Christmas Eve itself, ...