Father Christmas arriving at the Arding and Hobbs store in Clapham Junction, London, 2nd November 1926. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Archive: A group of people dressed as Santa Claus wait for the bus on December 1960, London, England. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) Modern Day: Passengers wait for busses in Holborn on November 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
A Harley Davidson biker is dressed as Santa Claus as he takes part in a charity ride in Zurich, Switzerland December 6, 2015. (Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)
The Chavo del Ocho balloon makes its way along the streets during an annual Christmas parade at Santiago town in Chile, December 13, 2015. (Photo by Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters)
A young Chinese girl dressed in Christmas costume, hugs a pedestrian on a street to celebrate Christmas in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 23 December 2015. (Photo by Imaginechina/Splash News)
A girl takes a nap during a Christmas eve mass at a Catholic church on the outskirts of Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, December 24, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)
A home is decorated with a display of Christmas of lights in a tradition that has grown over recent years in the small village of Westfield in Sussex, south east England, December 15, 2016. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)
A house and garden is illuminated ahead of Christmas in Olching near Munich December 11, 2014. The house is decorated with more than 30,000 lights. Every year hundreds of houses across Germany are decorated by their owners with lights ahead of Christmas. (Photo by Michaela Rehle/Reuters)