Christmas Snapshots
Christmas Snapshots
Dignitaries on stage push a button igniting the 50,000 multi-colored LED lights during the 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
A charity worker wearing a Santa Claus costume walks after delivering Christmas presents to a poor family on the outskirts of Brasov, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
In this photo taken with a long exposure, people are silhouetted against a Christmas display Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A reveler depicting a grim reaper runs during a traditional St Nicholas procession in the village of Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. This pre-Christmas tradition has survived for centuries in a few villages in the eastern part of the country. The whole group parades through village for the weekend, going from door to door. St.Nicholas presents the kids with sweets. The devils wearing home made masks of sheep skin and the white creatures representing death with scythes frighten them. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Bosnian Serb men sing and ride horses during a traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve parade, in the village of Glamocani, near Banja Luka, Bosnia, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Like many other Orthodox Christians around the world, Serbs observe holidays according to the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar adopted during the 16th century, celebrating Christmas on Jan. 7 instead of Dec. 25. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
People gather on the Roemerberg Square to visit the traditional Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in Christmas run in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Dignitaries on stage push a button igniting the 50,000 multi-colored LED lights during the 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Dignitaries on stage push a button igniting the 50,000 multi-colored LED lights during the 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
A charity worker wearing a Santa Claus costume walks after delivering Christmas presents to a poor family on the outskirts of Brasov, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A charity worker wearing a Santa Claus costume walks after delivering Christmas presents to a poor family on the outskirts of Brasov, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
In this photo taken with a long exposure, people are silhouetted against a Christmas display Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
In this photo taken with a long exposure, people are silhouetted against a Christmas display Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A reveler depicting a grim reaper runs during a traditional St Nicholas procession in the village of Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. This pre-Christmas tradition has survived for centuries in a few villages in the eastern part of the country. The whole group parades through village for the weekend, going from door to door. St.Nicholas presents the kids with sweets. The devils wearing home made masks of sheep skin and the white creatures representing death with scythes frighten them. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A reveler depicting a grim reaper runs during a traditional St Nicholas procession in the village of Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. This pre-Christmas tradition has survived for centuries in a few villages in the eastern part of the country. The whole group parades through village for the weekend, going from door to door. St.Nicholas presents the kids with sweets. The devils wearing home made masks of sheep skin and the white creatures representing death with scythes frighten them. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Bosnian Serb men sing and ride horses during a traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve parade, in the village of Glamocani, near Banja Luka, Bosnia, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Like many other Orthodox Christians around the world, Serbs observe holidays according to the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar adopted during the 16th century, celebrating Christmas on Jan. 7 instead of Dec. 25. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
Bosnian Serb men sing and ride horses during a traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve parade, in the village of Glamocani, near Banja Luka, Bosnia, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Like many other Orthodox Christians around the world, Serbs observe holidays according to the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar adopted during the 16th century, celebrating Christmas on Jan. 7 instead of Dec. 25. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
People gather on the Roemerberg Square to visit the traditional Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People gather on the Roemerberg Square to visit the traditional Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in Christmas run in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in Christmas run in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)