Thursday, 27 December 2012

Christmas around the world!

Indonesian children dressed in Santa Claus costumes sing along to Christmas carols in Jakarta, Indonesia
Actors recreate the Nativity scene at a church of Mother Mary Queen of Peace in Lodz, Poland
Malaysians admire light decorations ahead of Christmas in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Children play around a statue depicting baby Jesus after a Christmas Eve Mass to reenact his birth at the Cathedral in Havana, Cuba
Kosovo Catholic children take part in a play during a Christmas mass at St. Anthony church in Pristina
Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and fishermen wave to people from a boat on Christmas Eve along the coast of Valparaiso in Chile
In Zurich, Santa visits in a special fairytale tram and gives the children a ride through the city, singing songs with them and sharing a basket full of sweets
Chinese children dressed as angels attend mass held on Christmas eve at the Southern Cathedral, the oldest Catholic church in Beijing, China
A diver in Santa's costume plays with a white whale at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, Tokyo

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Christmas trees on the beach are a common sight on Christmas day in Australia.
South Korean children wearing Santa Claus outfits wait to participate in a ceremony to prepare charity pots for a year-end fund-raising campaign for the underprivileged at the Salvation Army office in Seoul, South Korea

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2008/12/017708.html#storylink=cpy
A homeless child holds a candle during a street Christmas celebration at Dom Pedro Park in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sand sculptures on the beach in India
Children celebrate Christmas in their school in India
Volunteers make a Christmas tree with milk tin cans donated to the "Medecins Du Monde" non-governmental organisation, which will distribute them to the poor in Athens, Greece
A worker checks a 8m (26 feet) tall Christmas tree built with 3,500 Tetra Pak carton packages installed in a park in Lima, Peru. The tree is promoting the recycling of Tetra Pak packages into poly aluminium plates that are used to make furniture
A window cleaner dressed as Santa Claus cleans a window during an event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holiday season at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan
Security guards in Santa Claus costumes perform martial arts as they pose for photographers during a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas holiday season at Coex shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea
The annual "Santacon" is a Christmas parade that traditionally takes place in London, UK every December, inviting hundreds of revellers dressed in Santa outfits to Trafalgar Square
A member of Berlin's ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) makes his way to take a dip in the Orankesee lake during their traditional Christmas ice swimming session in Berlin, Germany




Sources: boston.com / keeppy.com / ibnlive.in.com / aljazeera.com

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