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Celebrations: The Blessing of the Olives

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Published December 17, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Reporter Laila McClay reports on a congregation from California's Sonoma Valley that celebrates the "Blessing of the Olives" -- an event where the area's olive crop receives a benediction from a Catholic priest.

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