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'Curious' Christmas window displays unveiled at Printemps in Paris

The window displays, which this year are dubbed "A very curious Christmas", feature animals in zany scenes.

Denmark

Watch: Lost? Saint Nicks gather for the World Santa Claus Congress

Watch: Lost? More than 150 Father Christmases gather for the World Santa Claus Congress

United Kingdom

Police investigate 'explosive' which turns out to be Christmas bauble

Once police investigated, they discovered that the suspicious device was, in fact, a Christmas bauble.

Russia

Putin celebrates Christmas with orthodox Christians in St Petersburg

Orthodox Christians have begun celebrations to mark Christmas with special midnight masses across the country. President Vladimir Putin joined them for mass in St Petersburg.

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Spain

Spain continues Christmas festivities on Three Kings day

Roscon on the menu for end of Christmas festivities.

USA

Zoo animals welcome recycled Christmas trees

Zoo animals welcome recycled Christmas trees

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Divers put Christmas tree at bottom of lake in Russia

A group of divers on Sunday placed a Christmas tree on the bottom of a lake in Russia's Kazan region at near-freezing water temperatures, swimming around it in circles and toasting with champagne underwater.

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Flying Santas bring cheer to a Moscow children's hospital

Flying Santas bring cheer to a Moscow children's hospital

Brazil

Rio's Santa Claus school graduates celebrate with a beard trim

Santa Claus impersonators gather in Rio de Janeiro

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Peru police dress as Santa and the Three Wise Men

A police officer drove around Lima in Peru on a motorcycle dressed as Santa Claus

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Pope prays for peace and brotherhood in Christmas message

Pope Francis called for fraternity in the world in his Christmas address in St. Peter's Square

Ireland

Watch: Bono and The Edge busk to raise money for homeless in Dublin

Musicians Bono and The Edge busked in Dublin on Christmas Eve, asking people to donate to a homeless charity.

United Kingdom

Watch: Queen calls for peace and goodwill as Brexit divisions endure

The UK's 92-year-old monarch highlighted the importance of people who held opposing views being respectful to each other.

World News

Don't like Christmas? A psychologist explains how to cope

Does Christmas make you sad, or even angry? Fernando Azor, a psychologist from GabinetedePsicología.com, explains how to cope with the festive period.

USA

'You still believe in Santa? Because at 7, it's marginal, right?'

The little girl had called NORAD on Christmas Eve to know where Santa was on his gift-delivery round.

Hungary

Souped-up: Hot meals and food packages help Hungary's poor

The country's largest soup kitchen is organised by the Food for Life Foundation and has been delivering thousands of hot meals to those in need every year.

Vatican

Pope Francis decries 'insatiable greed' of today’s consumerism

Pope Francis decries 'insatiable greed' of today’s consumerism in Christmas Eve Mass

United Kingdom

Buyers rush to London Christmas Eve market auction for premium meats

Fresh meat was selling like hot cakes at Smithfield Market's Christmas Eve public auction on Monday, with auctioneers running up and down makeshift catwalks and handing over turkeys and huge cuts of beef and pork in return for 20-pound notes

Gaza

Gaza's tiny Orthodox Christian minority celebrate Christmas

With the ongoing Israeli siege on the enclave, Palestinians in Gaza are prohibited from uniting with family members and visiting Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

France

Watch: Happy Christmas from everyone at Euronews!

The team at Euronews would like to wish you the best for the festive season.