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In pictures: Christmas around the world

From Hanoi to Gaza, from cities to the blue sea, the merry season is on!

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealPakistani children dressed as Santa Claus sing songs during the Christmas Carnival at the St. Patrick Church in Karachi on December 22, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealA girl waits for her present next to a man dressed as Santa Claus during a Christmas ceremony at the Palace of the National Military Club in Bucharest on December 21, 2017. Children of the Romanian Army army personnel, who were injured or died on duty, attended a children's show and received Christmas presents.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealIn Ivory Coast, people dressed as (L-R) Batman, Santa Claus, Iron Man and Superman walk at the presidential palace in Abidjan on December 23, 2017, during a Christmas event organized by the Children of Africa Foundation. The event, organized by Ivory Coast's first lady and president of the Children of Africa Foundation, welcomed 3,000 children from Abidjan and Agboville.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealIn Belarus, people dressed as Father Frost (as Santa Claus is locally known) and the Snow Maiden walk along a street during a traditional Christmas parade in Minsk, on December 23, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealIn Russia, Participants wear Santa Claus costumes as hey take part in the Christmas race at Dvortsovaya square in Saint Petersburg, on December 23, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealIndian schoolchildren wear Santa Claus outfits as they listen to their teacher at a school in Amritsar

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealA man dressed as Santa Claus gestures as he plays with children during a Christmas event at the Book Cafe in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, on December 23, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealA young butcher holds up cuts of meat during the traditional pre-Chrismas meat sale at Smithfield market in the city of London on December 23, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealA man dressed as Santa Claus poses with a dolphin on December 22, 2017 at the theme park of Marineland in Antibes, southeastern France.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealMembers of a Lebanese water ski club perform while dressed in Santa Claus outfits in the bay of Jounieh on December 22, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealMarunouchi shop clerks and workers wearing Santa Claus costumes join a Christmas parade at the Marunouchi shopping district in Tokyo on December 22, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealA man dressed as Santa Claus rides a camel along Jerusalem's Old City Ottoman walls on December 21, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealPalestinian girls, some dressed in Christmas clothing, pose with wrapped boxes during a celebration at the American School in Gaza City on December 20, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealZoo owner Manny Tangco (C-in red shirt) sits next to an oranggutan and a Bengal tiger cub wearing a Santa hat during a Christmas party for children visiting from an orphanage at a zoo in Malabon, suburban Manila on December 21, 2017.

Christmas Around the World - Asia Holiday DealTourists in Santa Claus outfits sitting at a streetside bia hoi in Hanoi.

Source: VnExpress