>> steve: christmas merry holiday. city of santa monica to end the 60 year christmas tradition of setting out nativity scenes. last year atheist took over the majority of the booths and the city didn't want to have to rev free rumbles. the churches are challenging that. here is peter johns. >> the first salvo on the war on christians has been shot in santa monica. known to some the city of the christmas story and they had the pageant of the nativity scenes. 18 of them for 60 years. 7 years since 1953. and now city of santa monica said we will not have a christmas or hanukkah display on ocean street. in past years we had a lottery