With Christmas less than a day away, many from around the world have decked their halls while others have taken to much more unique ways of marking the festive season. Here's a look at how the holiday is being celebrated across the globe.
Children pose for photos next to Christmas decorations in front of a church in Jiyeh village, south of Beirut Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume gives toys to students ahead of the Christmas festival at a school in Ayutthaya province on Dec 24, 2014. The event was held as part of a campaign to promote Christmas in Thailand. -- PHOTO: AFP
A baby lion named Dominjun (centre) and a baby tiger named Jangbori (left) wear Santa Claus hats during a Christmas event at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, on Dec 23, 2014. Everland, South Korea's largest amusement park, organised the event to mark the 100th day of the cats' birth to promote the Christmas festival season. -- PHOTO: AFP
Women in Santa Claus-themed bikinis skiing at a ski resort in Xuchang, central China's Henan province on Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Christmas lights display is seen on a house in Alexandria, Virginia, on Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
The Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man dressed as Santa Claus poses by his old Fiat 500 in central Rome's Via del Corso shopping street on Dec 23, 2014, during the traditional Christmas shopping. -- PHOTO: AFP
View of a crib on Dec 23, 2014, in Itagua, in the outskirts of Asuncion. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Christian worshiper looks inside the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem, on Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Salesperson Sissi Terryberry holds one of consignment store "Re-Love It" prized Christmas sweaters on Dec 23, 2014, at their store in Purcellville, Virginia. The growing trend and demand for tacky Christmas sweaters has exploded this year and most stores are completely sold out. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Palestinian dressed up as Father Christmas decorates a "popular resistance" Christmas tree with tear gas canisters and Palestinian flags at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank biblical city of Bethlehem, on Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Children pose for photos next to Christmas decorations in front of a church in Jiyeh village, south of Beirut Dec 23, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
