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Orthodox Christmas

NPR

Published January 5, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

Tomorrow, January 7th, is Orthodox Christmas. Weekend All Things Considered essayist Madeline Hnatowich-Dean recalls the day when she was eight years old and played the accordion in the Christmas pageant at St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Stamford, Connecticut.