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Below is a list of vandalized nativity scenes this Christmas season: ·        Vandals damaged a life-size nativity scene in Merced, California.  ·        Baby Jesus was stolen from a McKinney, Texas family’s yard. ·        Over a dozen statues were stolen from a nativity scene in Pasco County, Florida, and three of the inflatable snowmen were slashed.  ·        A nativity scene was stolen from the yard of a Pataskala, New Jersey family.  ·        A family from Whitehall, Michigan also had its entire nativity scene stolen.  ·        In Camillus, New York, a 75-pound nativity scene was stolen from a church.  ·        The nativity...

Waxworks of Victoria and David Beckham dressed as Mary and Joseph in a nativity scene at Madame Tussauds have been damaged in an attack. The London tourist attraction has removed them from display and closed off the controversial scene. Church leaders and some members of the public have criticised the scene, which also has Kylie Minogue as the Angel. A man in his 20s repeatedly punched the waxwork figures and fled into the street, the Sun newspaper reports. A Tussauds spokeswoman said on Sunday night: "There was some damage caused to the figures of David and Victoria by a member...