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Christmas 2020: Small gatherings, prayers with masks; COVID-19 pandemic shadows celebrations

Christmas festivities began Friday, with hundreds of millions across the world under coronavirus restrictions celebrating a pared-down version of a holiday typically marked by travel and large gatherings

Christmas 2020: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind, Amit Shah among others extend festive greetings

President Ram Nath Kovind also greeted citizens on Christmas and expressed hope that the festival would help strengthen harmony

'A different Christmas': COVID-19 dampens celebrations across the world; UK buckles down after new virus strain detected

Countries like Italy, Austria, and Germany have imposed curfews for Christmas and New Year's Eve. Others, like Israel, are preparing to impose new lockdown restrictions

From hiding brooms in Norway to Venezuela's roller blades, some peculiar Christmas traditions around the world

Norwegians have a pagan belief according to which evil and naughty witches come out on Christmas Eve and ride on brooms. So they hide all the brooms in the household at the safest possible place to keep the wizards from flying about

Hong Kong protests resume in shopping centres, streets: Demonstrators don Santa hats, clash with police in Mong Kok district

Clashes resumed in Hong Kong on Tuesday between police and anti-government protesters, some of them donned in Santa Claus hats, as the more than 6-month-long demonstrations look set to move into the new year.

Christmas 2019: Pope Francis leads mass at Vatican's St Peter's Basilica; festivities kick off around the world

The last event to interrupt Christmas Mass at Notre Dame was the French Revolution, according to Karine Dalle, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Paris.

Christmas celebrations: Birthday of Jesus Christ celebrated with fervour and cheer across India; prayers held in churches at midnight

Christmas was celebrated across the nation on Tuesday with traditional fervour and merrymaking. Prayers and worship services were held at churches since Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Christmas Day: Pope appeals for peace and fraternity in annual address; Donald Trump asks child if he still believes in Santa Claus

Christmas was celebrated with much fervour and cheer across the globe as people gathered in large numbers at cathedrals and observed the birth of Jesus Christ.

From Donald Trump risking blowing Christmas magic for a child to Pope urging peace, here's how the world celebrated birth of Christ

Pope Francis called for peace and "fraternity" and Queen Elizabeth II warned against "tribalism", as many millions across the world celebrated Christmas on Tuesday, and US President Donald Trump caused a festive furore by asking a child whether he still believed in Santa Claus.

Queen Elizabeth to praise London, Manchester for response to terror attacks in annual Christmas address

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will praise the "powerful identities" of London and Manchester in responding to terrorist attacks this year, during her annual Christmas message on Monday.