Actor Kimberly Hart-Simpson, playing Cinderella in the Christmas pantomime “Cinderella”, prepares her costume before the start of the show at St Helens Theatre Royal, in St Helens, north west England on December 4, 2022. Built by architect Frank Matcham in the 19th Century the Theatre Royal is the principal theatre in St Helens with 700 seats over two tiers. The production of Cinderella is set to run from December 3, 2022 until January 8, 2023. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Participants during the Whitby Krampus Run street parade in Whitby, Yorkshire on Saturday, December 3, 2022, which celebrates the Krampus, a horned creature who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)





Students perform a “murmuration” dance that mimics the motion of a flock of birds at Bird College in Sidcup, southeast of London, on December 2, 2022. A human “murmuration” using dance techniques previously showcased by French choreographer Sadeck Waff at the Tokyo Paralympics will deliver a powerful message of “hope” to next week's UN biodiversity talks. COP15 organisers are preparing for multiple protests, with security measures including a three-metre (nine-foot) high fence around the venue in Montreal, Canada. But a coalition of Britain's leading conservation charities has chosen a more creative approach to highlight its call for urgent targets to end biodiversity loss. (Photo by Isabel Infantes/AFP Photo)





Christmas lights and ornaments are viewed outside of a home in Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn borough of New York, United States on December 6, 2022. Dyker Heights is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse areas in the nation, hosts numerous neighborhoods where Christmas tree lights have become a significant attraction with hundreds of cars and pedestrians arriving daily to view the homes. The Dyker Heights neighborhood has become the most popular area for Christmas lights viewing. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man selling flashing flower garlands watches as a group of people pose for photos by a Christmas tree at Lisbon's downtown Comercio Square, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Armando Franca/AP Photo)





People wearing Santa Claus outfits take part in a charity race to collect funds to help vulnerable families raising children, in Madrid, Spain on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Isabel Infantes/Reuters)





Swimmers take part in the Macmillan Boscombe White Christmas Dip, in aid of Macmillan Caring Locally, at Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth, Dorset on Sunday, December 25, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)





A protester kicks an effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally as they commemorate International Human Rights Day, Saturday, December 10, 2022, in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of people marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday protesting what they said was a rising number of extrajudicial killings and other injustices under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Riot police confront supporters of Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region, following his arrest, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on December 28, 2022. Bolivian police on Wednesday arrested Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region, the government announced, without specifying the charges. Right-wing civic leader Camacho was under investigation on several charges, including for an alleged role in the resignation of leftist president Evo Morales in 2019, and for allegedly fanning protests in Santa Cruz this year. (Photo by Rodrigo Urzagasti/AFP Photo)





A burst water main has created wonderful frozen icicles on hedges surrounding a property in Staunton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom on December 16, 2022. (Photo by South West News Service)





Members of the association of the Friends of the Po River (Amici del Po) wait to install a Nativity Scene made of cardboard cutouts (Front R) on a boat on the Po river on December 6, 2022 in Villafranca Piemonte, near Turin. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)





English television presenter Maya Jama attends The Fashion Awards 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall on December 05, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Backgrid UK)





Revelers dressed as Santa Claus have fun near Times Square during the annual SantaCon in New York City on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Enrique Shore/Alamy Live News)





A girl stands behind an honor guard outside the Heroes' Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, December 21, 2022, after a memorial religious service for those killed in the 1989 anti-communist uprising. Participants and relatives of those killed marked the 33rd anniversary of the anti-communist uprising which started in Bucharest on Dec. 21, 1989 and left more than one thousand people dead and ended the rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Sheyla Alvarez, a migrant girl from Honduras, who lives with her family in a shelter while they wait to apply for asylum in the U.S., after the Supreme Court said Title 42 should stand as is for now, speaks with a man dressed as Santa Claus during a Christmas celebration, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on December 6, 2022, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recording his address to Ukrainians in front of the sign of the town of Sloviansk during his visit in the Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 6, 2022 visited the frontline region of Donetsk in east Ukraine, describing fighting in the area as “difficult” with Russian forces pushing to capture the industrial city of Bakhmut. (Photo by Handout/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP Photo)





Divers wearing Santa Claus costume swim with fish in the tank at Aquaplanet on December 08, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Christmas has become increasingly popular over the years in South Korea, which is the only East Asian country to recognize Christmas as a national holiday. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





The picture dated December 6th, 2022 shows the December Cold Moon rising over Rivington Pike, Lancashire on Tuesday evening. The Native American names for the full moon in December – as reported in the Farmer's Almanac – are the Cold Moon or the Long Night Moon. The Cold Moon gets its name because December is the month when it really starts to get cold, although our coldest average temperatures are in January. (Photo by Lee Mansfield/Bav Media)





Mari Lwyd's and musicians gather to perform at a wassailing evening held at Newton House, located on Dinefwr park, Llandeilo, Wales on December 21, 2022. The Welsh tradition invited the public in attendance to write wishes for the new year and place them in a bowl for the Mari Lwyd's to eat. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)