• A woman wearing antlers looks at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    A woman wearing antlers looks at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
  • Medical staff member Anne Aguilar draws a Santa Claus figure on a coverall suit in the nursing station of the Covid-19 intensive care unit on Christmas Eve at the United Memorial Medical Centre in Houston, Texas. AFP
    Medical staff member Anne Aguilar draws a Santa Claus figure on a coverall suit in the nursing station of the Covid-19 intensive care unit on Christmas Eve at the United Memorial Medical Centre in Houston, Texas. AFP
  • A Christmas tree is seen in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. AFP
    A Christmas tree is seen in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. AFP
  • Allan Gubbins and his daughter Helena look at a Christmas tree during an outdoor Christmas Eve Service of Lights at the Granada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables, Florida. AP Photo
    Allan Gubbins and his daughter Helena look at a Christmas tree during an outdoor Christmas Eve Service of Lights at the Granada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables, Florida. AP Photo
  • A scouts marching band takes part in Christmas celebrations in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
    A scouts marching band takes part in Christmas celebrations in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
  • Children hold lit sparklers whilst celebrating Christmas Eve at an improvised shelter, set up under an overpass by people who lost their homes due to the floods caused by the rains brought by Hurricanes Eta and Iota, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Reuters
    Children hold lit sparklers whilst celebrating Christmas Eve at an improvised shelter, set up under an overpass by people who lost their homes due to the floods caused by the rains brought by Hurricanes Eta and Iota, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Reuters
  • Cellphone repairmen wear Santa Clause-themed glasses as they ply their trade sitting on a sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo
    Cellphone repairmen wear Santa Clause-themed glasses as they ply their trade sitting on a sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo
  • A priest presides over a Christmas Mass at the Manila Cathedral, in Manila, Philippines. Reuters
    A priest presides over a Christmas Mass at the Manila Cathedral, in Manila, Philippines. Reuters
  • Altar boys attend the celebration of Christmas at the Basilica Notre Dame in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Reuters
    Altar boys attend the celebration of Christmas at the Basilica Notre Dame in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Reuters
  • Parishioners (on screen) attend an online Christmas mass at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    Parishioners (on screen) attend an online Christmas mass at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
  • People listen to a Christmas Eve mass celebrated in the open outside a church in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
    People listen to a Christmas Eve mass celebrated in the open outside a church in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
  • Priscilla Batz takes shelter from the rain beneath a giant Salvation Army collection kettle on Christmas Eve in New York. AP Photo
    Priscilla Batz takes shelter from the rain beneath a giant Salvation Army collection kettle on Christmas Eve in New York. AP Photo
  • A Pakistani security official stands guard outside a church as members of the Christian minority community attend a Christmas mass at the St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
    A Pakistani security official stands guard outside a church as members of the Christian minority community attend a Christmas mass at the St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA

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Christmas celebrations around the world - in pictures

From Australia to the United States, residents were in the festive spirit

The National

December 25, 2020

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