Students dressed up as Christmas gifts take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Students wearing festive costumes take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Students dressed up as Santa Claus take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Students dressed in the festive Christmas costumes ride take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Students wearing festive Christmas costumes take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Students wearing festive Christmas costumes ride on a camel as they take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





A nativity scene is displayed during Christmas celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





A shopkeeper sets up a Christmas tree at a shop in central Tehran December 23, 2015. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)





An Iranian Christian woman looks at a Santa Claus mask during her Christmas shopping at a shop in central Tehran December 23, 2015. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)





An Iranian woman walks past Christmas decorations at a shop in central Tehran December 23, 2015. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)





An Iranian Christian woman looks at a Christmas tree at a shop in central Tehran December 23, 2015. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)





An Iranian Christian woman leaves with her child after shopping in preparations for Christmas in central Tehran December 23, 2015. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)





A Santa Claus themed mask is displayed at a stall in a Christian neighborhood slum ahead of Christmas in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)





Two-year old twins Hevedar and Heve (R) of Iraq pose in front of a Christmas tree at a refugee shelter in an evangelic church in Oberhausen, Germany, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)





People look at a house decorated with Christmas lighting in the town of Benesov nad Ploucnici, Czech Republic, December 22, 2015. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





A person in a Santa Claus outfit swims with sharks during a promotional event for the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia December 22, 2015. (Photo by Julian Smith/Reuters/AAP)





Police officers in costumes chat before participating in a Christmas event for street children in Quito December 22, 2015. (Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters)





A police officer in a Santa Claus outfit kisses his daugther during a Christmas event for street children in Quito December 22, 2015. (Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters)





A police officer in a Santa Claus outfit rides a motorcycle during a Christmas event for street children in Quito December 22, 2015. (Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters)





A man talks on his mobile telephone in front of a Christmas decorated store on Bond street in London, Britain, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters)





People attend the “Weihnachtssingen”, a candle-lit carol concert with 28000 fans of the second-division club FC Union Berlin at the Alte Foersterei stadium in Berlin, Germany, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)





Workers wave as they clean the windows of a building, dressed as Santa Claus, in Vina del Mar city Chile December 23, 2015. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





A Thai traffic security guard wears a Santa Claus costume as he directs the traffic on a street during Christmas celebrations outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 December 2015. The campaign of a shopping mall is held to celebrate the upcoming Christmas season and to attract shoppers. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)





Zookeepers dressed in Santa Claus costumes feed penguins during a Christmas event as part of a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Wednesday, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)