Images: 2017 Christmas around the world
Posted December 25, 2017 12:00 am
This photo gallery takes a look at how people celebrated Christmas around the world in 2017.
Michael Lazar, 8, of Wheeling welcomes sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes to the U.S. Navy Recruits' Christmas party at Christian Liberty Academy on Christmas morning in Arlington Heights.
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Sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes are welcomed to the U.S. Navy Recruits' Christmas party at Christian Liberty Academy on Christmas morning in Arlington Heights.
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Navy recruit Trace Puckett from Michigan talks to his father, Don, as he reaches out to his parents for the first time in months. Sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes were treated to a Christmas party at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights.
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Sailors from Great Lakes are welcomed to the U.S. Navy Recruits' Christmas party at Christian Liberty Academy on Christmas morning in Arlington Heights.
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Sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes are welcomed to the U.S. Navy Recruits' Christmas party at Christian Liberty Academy on Christmas morning in Arlington Heights.
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Volunteer Heidi Bellock, left of Wheaton, assists Geneva resident Susannah Dodson through the food line during the Lazarus House's annual Christmas brunch Monday in St. Charles.
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Three-year-old Alyssa Ainsworth enjoys eating with her family during the Lazarus House's annual Christmas brunch Monday in St. Charles. The Lazarus House opens its doors each Christmas day offering lunch, desserts, and music to anyone in the community. Around 100 volunteers help with the brunch.
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Lazarus House staff member Steve Lowe, center, makes his rounds visiting with volunteers and guests during the organization's annual Christmas brunch Monday in St. Charles.
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Darius Robinson, 19, of Carol Stream hangs out with Hope the Golden Retriever comfort dog during a Chrismtas party Monday at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Carol Stream. The guests were given a meal and gift cards for food and gas.
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Georgia Saalig of Itasca gets served lunch from volunteer Brenna Zatto of Bartlett at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Carol Stream. Saalig was with PADS for five years but is now living on her own. The church held a Christmas party Monday for about twenty people.
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An Indian Christian dressed as Santa Claus distributes sweets to children after offering Christmas prayers at the holy family Catholic Church in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Christmas is a national holiday in India, marked by millions of all religions and faiths.
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A faithful woman kisses a statue of young Jesus placed in a crib at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Christmas Day, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Though the Hindus and Muslims comprise majority of the population in India, Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare.
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Patrick Corkery, centre, from Castleknock takes part in the annual Christmas Day swim in the Forty Foot, Dun Laoghaire, near Dublin, Ireland, Monday Dec. 25, 2017.
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Members of the U.S. military eat Christmas dinner at the Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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Pope Francis waves to the faithful during the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world') Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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Pope Francis waves to faithful during the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for ' to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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A Christian woman, hands painted with traditional henna, prays during a Christmas mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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In this photo released on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits at a desk in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace, after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth, in London.
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Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, smiles as she holds flowers received from well wishers following the traditional Christmas Day church service, at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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Members of the winter and ice swimming club 'Seehunde Berlin', (Berlin Seals), wearing Christmas-themed hats, celebrate during the annual Christmas swim on Christmas Day, at the Oranke Lake in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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Visitors ice stake on Christmas day at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. People take their time having fun with family and friends during the Christmas holiday before the start of 2018.
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A woman poses for a photo with her daughter in front of Lithuania's biggest Christmas tree at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Over 80 percent of Lithuanians are Christians who celebrate Christmas.
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A Christian girl plays beside her mother attending Christmas midnight mass at Christ church in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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Clergymen attend a Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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A man dressed as Santa Claus, right, poses for photos on Christmas day at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Shopping malls in Malaysia have been decorated with Christmas trees, Santa Claus figures and illuminations to attract year-end shoppers.
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Worshippers attend the Christmas service at Saint Mary's Garrison Church in Jammu, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
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