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In Pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

25 Dec 2022, 13:34 | Updated: 10 Feb 2026

Christmas — Egypt Christmas Eve. Picture: PA

Christmas celebrations around the world.

People around the world are celebrating Christmas Day at church services and with other traditions.

Palestinians Christmas — Christian worshippers attend Mass at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

India Christmas — A devotee offers a flower at an altar during Christmas prayers at St Mary’s Garrison Church in Jammu, India (Channi Anand/AP)

India Christmas — Although Christians are a minority community in India, December 25 is a national holiday and most Indians celebrate the season and the joyful spirit of Christmas (Channi Anand/AP)

India Christmas — A man wearing a Father Christmas hat takes a picture of a woman in front of a church in Mumbai, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Egypt Christmas Eve — A priest swings incense burners in front of a statue representing the Baby Jesus during Christmas Eve Mass at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cairo, Egypt (Amr Nabil/AP)

Egypt Christmas Eve — Father Mamdouh Chehab holds up a statue representing the Baby Jesus for worshippers to kiss at the end of Christmas Eve Mass at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cairo (Amr Nabil/AP)

Palestinians Christmas — A Catholic nun kisses the silver star at the Grotto, under the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

India Kashmir Christmas — Kashmiri Muslims wearing Santa Claus hats arrive for Christmas prayers at the Holy Family Catholic church in Srinagar (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

Pakistan Christmas — The Rev Father Sylvester Joseph prays during Christmas Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Islamabad, Pakistan (Rahmat Gul/AP)

Palestinians Christmas — Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads Christmas morning Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Germany Christmas — Members of the Berliner Seehunde association swim between ice floes in the Orankesee lake in Berlin (Christophe Gateau/dpa/AP)

By Press Association