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Oralb.com. Tonight celebrating Christmas around the world. From the sacred to the celestial

happy holidays and some less traditional rituals. In Florida, the president and First Lady share greetings with those far from home.

We wish everyone a joyous and Merry Christmas.

Also tonight, bumpy times.

Queen Elizabeth uses her Christmas message to discuss a rocky royal year.

Rising tensions, U.S. spy planes fly over the Korean Peninsula after the North's

Christmas gift threat. A fire in Minneapolis forces more than 200, many of them children,

out into the cold. We visit the Arctic, where the ice is retreating, and reindeer populations

are going with it. Plus, remembering songwriter Ali Willis.

She wrote scores of hits without knowing how to read a note.

And Spirit of the Season, a reminder this Christmas Day,

that the smallest acts of kindness can be the biggest gift.

This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening, everyone. Norah is off. I'm Major Garrett. Thank you for joining us on this night

of good cheer. Today, Christians around the world

are celebrating Christmas. Many gathered in churches, including at the National Cathedral here in Washington,

D.C. At the Vatican, thousands filled St. Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis's Christmas Day message

of hope, overcoming darkness. And while the view was heavenly heavenly, good number of Americans, including those on board the

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