Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Christmas 2024 around the world – in photosChristmas 2024 around the world – in picturesWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer27 ImagesHere’s how Christmas is being celebrated in Australia and around the world.December 25, 2024 — 3.11am1/27St Marys Cathedral in Sydney is lit up for the festive season.Credit:Steven Siewert2/27Christmas lights in Kings Park, Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao3/27Barbara Ellis’ house in Robyn Court, Hampton Park, Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao4/27Christmas lights at 39 Alice Street, Rooty Hill, Sydney.Credit:Steven Siewert5/27The last-minute scramble for festive seafood at the Sydney Fish Market.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer6/27Brisbane mum Tahnee O’Neile gets ready for Christmas with her sons Saturn (left) and Pheonix.Credit:Paul Harris7/27Staff in the emergency department at Alfred Health in Melbourne are working all through Christmas.Credit:Joe Armao8/27Queen Mary of Denmark attends a WeShelter Food Club event ahead of Christmas in Copenhagen.Credit:Getty Images9/27Santa’s helpers sort through letters at the main post office in Lapland, Finland. Each year over 600,000 to 700,000 letters arrive there for Santa.Credit:Getty Images10/27Christmas Eve in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP11/27Hiroyuki Wada dresses as Santa and drives his 1959 Cadillac around the Marunouchi area of Tokyo to give presents to children. Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan, but many people still enjoy the festivities.Credit:Getty Images12/27The annual Christmas Eve meat sale at London’s Smithfield Market. For the past century, traders have sold off their surplus meat on December 24.Credit:Getty Images13/27King Charles III records his annual Christmas message.Credit:Getty Images14/27Travellers at San Francisco International Airport try to make it home in time for Christmas.Credit:Bloomberg15/27Children have their photos taken with Santa Claus near the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Credit:AP16/27A Syrian Christian man takes part in a protest in Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hamah.Credit:AP17/27The final touches are added to a Christmas tree in Cathedral Square, Moscow.Credit:AP18/27A Christmas Eve service at Indonesia Arena in Jakarta.Credit:AP19/27A Christmas decoration amid the rubble of St George Melkite Catholic Church in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon.Credit:AP20/27Christmas in Kolkata, India.Credit:AP21/27Christmas decorations at a shopping centre in Beijing, China.Credit:AP22/27Christmas in the US: Christmas lights at Wakefield Winter Wonderland in Santa Clarita, California.Credit:AP23/27A diver dressed as Santa takes to the water at the Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP24/27A Santa stand-up paddle event in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.Credit:AP25/27Christmas Eve on the American Airlines check-in desk at Miami International Airport.Credit:AP26/27Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh is the only Indonesian province enforcing Islamic Sharia law, but it has a small Christian minority.Credit:Getty Images27/27Christmas carols at Assumption Church in Lalitpur, Nepal.Credit:AP
