Christmas Celebrations 2019: People Celebrate Around The Globe

Christmas is celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ, on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

Shoppers walk below the Christmas lights on Regent Street in central London.
A girl dressed as Santa Claus distributes sweets to children during Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve at a school in Amritsar.
The Xishiku Cathedral is decorated with lights for a Christmas eve mass in Beijing.

Pope Francis leads a Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica to mark the nativity of Jesus Christ at the Vatican.
Christian devotees attend midnight mass at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo. Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Ranjith attended St. Sebastian's Church for the main mass on Christmas Eve, one of the three churches that came under attack in the deadly Easter blasts.
Children stand dressed as angels during the annual Las Posadas Christmas Eve procession on historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California.