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Young girl and boy looking at a Christmas tree

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Children admire a Christmas tree as it is being lit up at the USO Holidays event at the USO aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 2019. The Camp Pendleton USO provided a life-sized gingerbread village, cookie decorating and a hot cocoa bar for installation service members and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

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