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   <title>How Malibu Keeps Christ in Christmas</title>
   <author>Anastasia Armendariz</author>
   <description>As you make your way along Pacific Coast Highway in December, it is difficult to miss the nativity crèche on the corner of PCH and Webb Way. The crèche has its roots in 1963 when one Malibu resident, Mary Kuepper, decided she wanted to recenter the Christmas season on the birth of Christ. She approached the Malibu Chamber of Commerce and proposed installing a modest display, a Christmas tree and a painted sign reading “Peace on Earth” adorned with a silhouette of Mary and the infant Jesus. Fifty-nine years later, the Malibu “Keep Christ in Christmas” (KCIC) Project display still invites wonder and reflection from that same corner.</description>
   <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:43:58 -0800</pubDate>
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