On December 25 at the Vatican, Pope Benedict called for an end to the violence in Syria and the resumption of Middle East peace talks in his "Urbi et Orbi" address to the city and the world. In Berlin, ice swimmers celebrated by jumping in the frigid waters of the Orankesee in red and white garb. Needy children in La Paz received toys and displayed smiles. Christian Gazan's prayed together while people in Bethlehem, just 50 miles away, celebrated in the Church of the Nativity, the structure built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth.