Feeding the homeless a mainstay of Christmas Day events

ATLANTA - Christmas events, including services and feed-the-homeless dinners, are being held throughout Atlanta Wednesday. <br> <br> The biggest event is the Hosea Feed the Hungry meal at Turner Field. It will last from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Thanksgiving, the group fed 17-thousand people. It is bracing for more than 22,000 people Wednesday. <br> <br> In addition to meals, participants will have access to hair cuts, hot showers, pedicures and manicures, school supplies, new clothes and medical testing. <br> <br> Other public dinners are being sponsored today by the Ministries United for Service and Training in Marietta and the Atlanta Union Mission. Two other Atlanta groups - Community Concerns and Overcoming With Joy - are also providing holiday meals. <br> <br> (Marietta 10-2; Atlanta Union Mission 1-5 p.m.; Community Concerns, 150 Moore St., Noon-1; Overcoming with Joy, 142 Whiteford Ave., S.E., noon-5 p.m.; Turner Field news conference at 10 a.m.)