
Soldiers dressed like Santa and his little helpers are distributing gifts in OP North combat outpost near Baghlan, northern Afghanistan. ©Reuters/Fabrizio

Sisters of Bethlehem holding candles during the Christmas mass in Beit Jemal Monastery about 20 km (12 miles) from Jerusalem. ©Reuters/SInbal Rose

The Three Wise Men presenting gifts to baby Jesus at the Epiphany in central Burgos, Spain. ©Reuters/Felix Ordonez

Students dancing at the Christmas celebration in Chandigarh, India. ©Reuters/Ajay Verma

A former sea officer dressed as Santa Claus in Eckernfoerde, Germany. ©Reuters/Christian Charisius

Santa Claus poses with Samba dancers outside one of the biggest shopping malls in Hong Kong. ©Reuters/Bobby Yip

Santa Claus, aka Gene DiCicco, makes a big splash as he arrives on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu. ©Reuters/Lucy Pemoni

Indonesian children dressed in Santa Claus costumes sing along to Christmas carols in Jakarta, Indonesia. ©Reuters/Supri

Valery Kokoulin, 47, dressed as Santa Claus, rings the bell on his self-made yacht to mark the end of the sailboat season, Russia. ©Reuters/Ilya Naymushin

Santa Claus greets U.S. sea soldiers in Kuwait. ©Reuters/Chris Helgren

Santas take a break during a day of teaching in central London. ©Reuters/Toby Melville

Two people dressed as Mickey Mouse stand next to a Christmas tree made out of lights as they wait to perform for children in Madrid, Spain. ©Reuters/Susana Vera

Zookeepers prepare an orangutan, wearing Santa Claus outfit, as it poses with reindeers during a promotional event for the Christmas holiday season at Malabon Zoo in Philippines. ©Reuters/Cheryl Ravelo

The parade of Ded Morozes (Father Frost) and Snegurochkas (Snow Maiden) in Minsk, Belarus. ©Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko

A figure of an angel near a house decorated with Christmas lights in the borough of Queens in New York. ©Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

Visitors walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge decorated in Christmas lights in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ©Reuters/ Andy Clark

A hundred bikers dressed as Santa Clause ride their Harley-Davidson motorbikes through villages in Alsace region east of France. ©Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

A man walks down the alley of trees illuminated with Christmas lights in Skopje, Macedonia. ©Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski

A man walks past illuminated installations in the shape of a snowman and Christmas trees in the centre of St. Petersburg, Russia. ©Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk

Girls from England splash in the shallows on Christmas Day at Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia. ©Reuters/Will Burgess

A Sunshine Aquarium employee dressed in Santa Claus costume swims with fish in the aquarium in Tokyo. ©Reuters/Toshiyuki Aizawa

People dressed as Santa Claus row boats on the Venice canal in Italy. © Reuters/Manuel Silvestri

A man dressed as Santa Claus reads letters from children from around the world in his office at the Santa Claus' Village at the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland. ©Reuters/Kacper Pempel

Actors dressed as (L-R) Joseph and the Three Wise Men, part of a live-human nativity scene, stroll past the U.S. Capitol Building after demonstrating outside the nearby Supreme Court in Washington. ©Reuters/Jason Reed

Penguins clad in Christmas-themed outfits walk next to staff dressed as Santa Claus at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan. ©Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

Santas on the Nikolaus Run in Eastern German. ©Reutesr/ Wolfgang Rattay