Belarusian villagers celebrate the Christmas carol rite (Kalyady) in the village of Danilevichy, some 320 km south of Minsk on January 7, 2020. Kalyady is an ancient pagan holiday originally celebrated on winter solstice. Dressed-up people walk from house to house singing, dancing, eating and drinking with their neighbours. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)

Vintage supermodel Gisele Bundchen sparkles in seasonal jewellery photoshoot in the second decade of November 2023. The Brazilian goddess, 43, a mainstay in fashion magazines for over 20 years, poses in Christmas Holiday 2023 campaign for Brazilian firm VIVARA. (Photo by Capture Media Agency)

The annual Santacon pub crawl tradition where all the participants have to dress in a Christmas themed costume returns to New York City for its 25th year on December 9, 2023. (Photo by Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Wefa, 13, a female Western lowland gorilla, looks inside a Christmas box that contained food as a gift, after a caretaker dressed up as Santa Claus placed it in the enclosure of the family of gorillas, at Bioparc Fuengirola, in Fuengirola, Spain, on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)

A drone view shows the Folkestone White Horse with a red nose that has been placed to make the landmark overlooking the town look like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ahead of Christmas, in Folkestone, Britain, on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters)

A child dressed in a Santa Claus costume reacts, on the day Palestinian Christians attend an Orthodox Christmas Mass at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)

Participants wearing superhero costumes attend the World DC Comics Super Heroes event in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, near Madrid, April 18, 2015. To celebrate the anniversary of the publication of the very first Superman story, DC Comics are asking fans to help set a new world record for the largest global gathering of people dressed as DC Comics Super Heroes. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)

A mahout watches the Thai animation movie Kan Kluay with his elephant in Ayuthaya province, about 80km (49 miles) north of Bangkok June 5, 2006. The movie tells the story of a young Thai wild elephant who, while looking for his father, becomes the war elephant of the Thai King fighting against Burma and restored Thailand's ancient Ayuthaya empire that existed about 400 years ago. (Photo by Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)