Five years after a fire in 2019 nearly destroyed paris' beloved 12th-century cathedral, notre dame is once again celebrating christmas eve masses.
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00:00Five years after a fire in 2019 nearly destroyed Paris' beloved 12th-century cathedral,
00:06Notre-Dame is once again celebrating Christmas Eve masses.
00:09Four different masses were taking place Tuesday with a midnight mass to be led by the Paris
00:15Archbishop Laurent Ulrich. The first two masses of the day drew some 2,000 people,
00:21each many worshippers, others there to walk inside and gaze at the richness of the restoration.
00:28There were no reservations, just a long queue on the forecourt of the cathedral.
00:34Following the 2019 fire, nearly $1 billion in donations poured
00:38in from around the world, a tribute to its worldwide appeal.
00:46They did such an amazing job. It looks beautiful. I saw it once before many, many years ago and so
00:51it's just really special to be back and just see all the hard work that's gone back into it.
00:55It was really nice. It blew us away. It's a really special night. It's really a nice
01:00thing to be a part of. So it's so incredible to be here inside for the first time. I was
01:05here five years ago but I was here right after the fire so I did not get to come inside so
01:10to wait to come inside to be with these guys was really, really amazing.