Christmas joy takes on many forms
Editor's Note: As people around the world celebrate Christmas Day, China Daily takes a look at some of the traditional and not-so-traditional ways the festive season is marked in different countries; in hot and cold climates.
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A dolphin holds a gift during a special Christmas show at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Thomas Peter / Reuters |
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A child walks past the three-dimensional art painting Santa's Christmas Gift, presented by the interactive art museum Art in Island in Manila, as another poses for a photo on Wednesday. Noel Celis / Agence France-Presse |
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Members of a Lebanese water ski club wearing Santa Claus costumes skim across the Bay of Jounieh, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on Wednesday. Patrick Baz / Agence France-Presse |
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A sales clerk waits for customers to buy Christmas gifts, such as candies and wine, at a Christmas market in the city hall plaza of the Austrian capital Vienna on Dec 2. Qian Yi / Xinhua |
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A girl kisses a Santa Claus at the Intercontinental Hotel Beijing on Friday. Fred Dufour / Agence France-Presse |
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Workers in Santa Claus and reindeer costumes clean windows outside a shopping mall along Tokyo's waterfront on Wednesday. Yoshikazu Tsuno / Agence France-Presse |
(China Daily 12/25/2014 page12)
