Members of the Loch Insh Dippers wild swim group take part in a Christmas-themed swim in the frozen Loch Insh, Kingussie, in the Cairngorms National Park on Friday, December 13, 2024. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)





Officer cadets line up ahead of the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in Camberley, Surrey, UK on Friday, December 12, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)





Dancers prepare in their dressing room backstage to perform in the Christmas pantomime “Dick Whittington” at St Helens Theatre Royal in St Helens, north-west England on December 10, 2025. 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 'Dick Whittington' is set to run until mid-January. Across the country over the festive season, children and adults alike flock to theatres to watch a traditional British Christmas “panto” – complete with princesses, political jibes, innuendo and a dame. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)





Fans dress in costume as they attend the World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace in London London, Britain, 12 December 2025. The sporting event runs from 11 December 2025 to 03 January 2026. (Photo by Neil Hall/EPA)





To celebrate World Ice Skating Day on 14 December, staff from the National Galleries of Scotland ice skating to recreate one of the most iconic paintings from Scotland's collection, Sir Henry Raeburn's Skating Minister on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Teaming up with Edinburgh's Christmas, the skating ministers took to the ice rink on George Street to imitate the painting. Painted around 1795, the artwork is actually named Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, but has become fondly referred to as the Skating Minister. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)





Officer Cadets form up on the grounds ahead of the traditional No. 251 Sovereign's Parade, at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, southwest of London on December 12, 2025. The parade marks the completion of 44 weeks of intensive training for the Officer Cadets of Commissioning Course 251. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)





A Vietnamese couple practices Ballroom dancing as part of their morning exercise along Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 2, 2025. (Photo by Richard Vogel/AP Photo)





Revelers cool off with water thrown from balconies at the start of nine days of uninterrupted partying during the famed running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Oses/AP Photo)





Models wear creations on a traditional fishing boat during Dakar Fashion Week in Senegal, Saturday, December 6, 2025. (Photo by Misper Apawu/AP Photo)





Models present creations at the DI PETSA SS26 catwalk show during London Fashion Week, September 19, 2025. (Photo by Isabel Infantes/Reuters)





Performers ride the dodgems during a photocall for Winter Funland at Olympia Exhibition Centre on December 12, 2025 in London, England. The festive experience features a Christmas circus, fairground rides, and an ice rink at the indoor events venue in West London, opens 13th December. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)





K-pop dancers at the official opening of the Hallyu! The Korean Wave exhibition at the National Museum on Canberra, Australia on December 12, 2025. (Photo by Lukas Coch/AAP)





A couple kisses over a puddle of tomatoes during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Saiz/AP Photo)





Ebanie Bridges celebrates after winning her IBF World Bantamweight Title fight against Maria Cecilia Roman at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Wire)





Miss Tahiti Hinaupoko Deveze (L) and Miss Nouvelle-Caledonie Juliette Collet (R) await the result on stage during the Miss France 2026 beauty pageant at the Zenith, in Amiens, northern France, on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)





Actors perform during the general rehearsal of Ennio Morricone's only opera, Partenope, at the San Carlo Theatre, in Naples, Italy, Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Phoot by Salvatore Laporta/AP Photo)





Ballet dancers during a dress rehearsal for Northern Ballet's The Nutcracker at the Leeds Grand Theatre, UK on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. {Phto by Danny Lawson/PA Wire}





Andy Swinscoe, founder of The Courtyard Dairy in Settle, North Yorkshire, is well prepared to meet the demands of his customers in the last decade of November 2025 as they stock up for their Christmas cheeseboards. The business won cheesemonger of the year at the Global Cheese Awards in 2024. (Photo by James Glosso)





Free for Editorial Use Ballerinas from The Royal Ballet School perform on December 2, 2025 under Covent Garden's first festive snowfall to launch the destination's daily December snow flurries. (Photo by Paul Grover/Covent Garden)





Officer Cadet Almansoori (C) from the UAE poses with family members after the No. 251 Sovereign�s Parade, at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, southwest of London on December 12, 2025. The parade marks the completion of 44 weeks of intensive training for the Officer Cadets of Commissioning Course 251. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)