With choir in hard hats, fire-ravaged Notre-Dame rings in Christmas


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  • Friday, 25 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was damaged in a devastating fire one year ago, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown slows down its restoration in Paris, France, April 11, 2020. Picture taken April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - For the first time since a fire that nearly destroyed it, the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris played host to a Christmas Eve choral concert, an annual tradition in France.

In a concession to the fact that the Gothic cathedral is still being rebuilt, the choristers wore construction hard hats and boiler suits, and there was no audience.

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