Holiday Season In Iraq

U.S. soldiers sing Christmas carols after having lunch at the U.S. Embassy dining facility inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers have Christmas lunch at a military base in the coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

On Christmas morning, U.S. soldiers walk in the snow at coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

In this photo provided by The White House, President Bush makes Christmas Eve telephones calls to members of the U.S. military from Camp David on Dec. 24, 2006.

A U.S. soldier poses with children waiting in line for Christmas gifts in a school yard in the eastern Kosovo village of Partes on Dec. 25, 2006. Some 1,500 U.S. troops are stationed in Kosovo as part of the NATO peacekeeping force.

American servicemen in costume wave in front of a Christmas display at a U.S. military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers get Christmas lunch at the U.S. Embassy dining facility inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers eat Christmas lunch at the U.S. Embassy dining facility inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers eat Christmas lunch at a military base in the coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

A U.S. soldier entertains his comrades as they eat Christmas lunch at a military base in the coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers have Christmas lunch at a military base in the coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. soldiers toast each other before eating Christmas lunch at a military base in coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

Commander of U.S. troops serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo Brig. Gen. Douglas Earhart hands over Christmas gifts to local Albanian children in a school yard in the eastern Kosovo village of Pozaranje on Dec. 25, 2006. Some 1,500 U.S troops are stationed in Kosovo as part of the NATO peacekeeping force.

American servicepersons attend a special Christmas Mass at a U.S. military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

A U.S. soldier prays during Christmas Eve Mass at a church in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 24, 2006. Unlike many non-Christian countries in Asia, Afghanistan does not recognize or celebrate Christmas but thousands of foreigners who live in Kabul working with the United Nations, non-governmental organizations or international military forces, celebrate the holiday quietly in restaurants and behind military barracks

A U.S. soldier greets his colleague at coalition headquarters in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

U.S. Staff Sgt. Alicia Watkins of Washington, D.C., speaks to a TV crew during a Christmas event held at a U.S. base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.

An American serviceman in a Santa costume shows chocolate at a U.S. military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 25, 2006.