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c. 1999 Religion News Service WATERTOWN, Mass. _ A horrified man clings to life with frayed fingers as the abyss of death yawns below. Santa Claus, descending a chimney, plants his boot on the Christ child. A decapitated man devours himself as the Roman god of war Mars...