Photos: Christmas around the world

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Photos: Christmas around the world

Here are some iconic photos of Christmas celebrations around the world.

A boy smiles as he rides a scooter he received after sending a letter to Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Brazil's postal service organized a visit from Santa as part of their campaign to respond to letters from children addressed to Santa that they find in the mail. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A member of God's Love church carries a tray of food to serve to drug addicts living in the "Crackland" area of the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, late Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Every year members of the God's Love church prepare a special Christmas banquet for the drug users residing in Crackland. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

St Paul�s Choristers rehearse in the cathedral in London, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, preparing for their busiest days of the year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

St Paul�s Choristers rehearse in the cathedral in London, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, preparing for their busiest days of the year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A man in a Santa Claus costume drives his Vespa during a parade at the main coastal avenue in southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. Around 1000 people in Santa Claus costumes take part in this parade during Christmas celebrations. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

This is an aerial view taken from the Concorde square Ferris wheel, showing part of the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris. Monday Dec. 15, 2014. The decorations and lights are traditionally put up in late November each year in time for Christmas. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographers with king penguins at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Marineland Antibes was founded in 1970. First, it was a small oceanarium with a few pools and animals but now it is one of the biggest in the world and receives more than 1,200,000 visitors per year. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A replica of the casino is seen along the Promenade jetty, as part of the Christmas holiday illuminations in Nice, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Several Christmas decorations are displayed downtown of Nice city. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

The Doric columns of the floodlit, 5th Century BC Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis appear behind strings of Christmas street lights in Athens, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. This year's Christmas and New Year celebrations in financially struggling Greece are overshadowed by a threatened political crisis, sparked by the election of the country's new president. The conservative-led government failed Wednesday to secure enough support for its nominee, and if the same happens in two more rounds of voting by Dec. 29, early national elections will have to be called just as the country is crawling out of a punishing six-year recession. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A roadside vendor holds Christmas ornaments and paraphernalia for sale in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Worshippers take part in a Christmas service at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A man dressed as Santa Claus walks on the wall of the Old City in Jerusalem Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

A Filipino boy walks past Christmas decorations for sale in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Christmas is one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Santa Claus gets a nose rub from Huey, a Catahoula puppy during the Yappy Hour Christmas "Paw-ty" to benefit Animal Care and Protective Services Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)

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A boy smiles as he rides a scooter he received after sending a letter to Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Brazil's postal service organized a visit from Santa as part of their campaign to respond to letters from children addressed to Santa that they find in the mail. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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