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![An Indian Christian girl participates in Christmas celebrations at a church in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/bd1c79bf-8388-4008-9b7d-af6422c5eb7b-AP_India_Christmas.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An Indian Christian girl participates in Christmas celebrations at a church in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Ajit Solanki, AP![People reflected in a storefront window take part in traditional Christmas Day activities as they gather at Rockefeller Center Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/0bc20c03-494d-48c0-822c-327f09c092ad-AP_New_York_Christmas.jpg?width=660&height=451&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People reflected in a storefront window take part in traditional Christmas Day activities as they gather at Rockefeller Center Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Craig Ruttle, AP![Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, performs at a Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey in London. Scottish singer Tom Walker praised the piano skills of the Duchess of Cambridge after the pair recorded a Christmas tune shown during a carol concert on Christmas Eve. Walker, 30, performed a new song, “For Those Who Can’t Be Here,’’ accompanied by Kate playing the piano, in a pre-recorded segment shown during the concert broadcast on ITV on Friday. Walker said he had kept the performance a secret, even from his mother. (Alex Bramall via AP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/6689ed76-34cf-42c7-b053-50f3eeb8edac-AP_Britain_Duchess_of_Cambridge.jpg?width=660&height=472&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, performs at a Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey in London. Scottish singer Tom Walker praised the piano skills of the Duchess of Cambridge after the pair recorded a Christmas tune shown during a carol concert on Christmas Eve. Walker, 30, performed a new song, “For Those Who Can’t Be Here,’’ accompanied by Kate playing the piano, in a pre-recorded segment shown during the concert broadcast on ITV on Friday. Walker said he had kept the performance a secret, even from his mother. (Alex Bramall via AP)
Alex Bramall, AP![A family watches as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivers her annual Christmas Broadcast message at their home near Liverpool on December 25, 2021. - Queen Elizabeth II paid a touching tribute to her late husband Prince Philip in her Christmas Day message as she marked the holiday with a family gathering. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/7a35f07f-f52d-4d2c-afa6-e8f3f445823f-AFP_AFP_9V89VH.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A family watches as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivers her annual Christmas Broadcast message at their home near Liverpool on December 25, 2021. - Queen Elizabeth II paid a touching tribute to her late husband Prince Philip in her Christmas Day message as she marked the holiday with a family gathering. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
PAUL ELLIS, AFP Via Getty Images![People walk past Christmas and New Year decorations in downtown Moscow on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/87d3a611-a6a2-4229-8cf0-de97314a2d9a-AFP_AFP_9V88PC.jpg?width=660&height=415&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People walk past Christmas and New Year decorations in downtown Moscow on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
ALEXANDER NEMENOV, AFP Via Getty Images![Pope Francis leaves following his Christmas Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican on December 25, 2021 . (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/a6bf69ed-5067-4906-9887-7130dc533e7b-AFP_AFP_9V88UP.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Pope Francis leaves following his Christmas Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican on December 25, 2021 . (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE, AFP Via Getty Images![A South Korea man wears a Santa Claus costume at the Myeongdong shopping district during Christmas Day on December 25, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Government expressed concerns about some religious establishments preparing for year-end events and gatherings ahead of Christmas and asked such facilities to strictly follow the state-mandated disease control measures. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/686278bc-816c-4ae3-8f83-7f25881e3eb0-GTY_1360799643.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A South Korea man wears a Santa Claus costume at the Myeongdong shopping district during Christmas Day on December 25, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Government expressed concerns about some religious establishments preparing for year-end events and gatherings ahead of Christmas and asked such facilities to strictly follow the state-mandated disease control measures. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images![Christian devotees pray after placing candles on a police barricade outside Sacred Heart Cathedral, closed to the general public due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, during Christmas celebrations in New Delhi on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/8df9f994-5c22-49f2-9eef-18b0ff42294f-AFP_AFP_9V87KP.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christian devotees pray after placing candles on a police barricade outside Sacred Heart Cathedral, closed to the general public due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, during Christmas celebrations in New Delhi on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
SAJJAD HUSSAIN, AFP Via Getty Images![Christian devotees pray at Sacred Heart Shrine Church to celebrate Christmas in Chennai on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/4865f310-6610-4a10-bf18-9cab45485d66-AFP_AFP_9V87KU.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christian devotees pray at Sacred Heart Shrine Church to celebrate Christmas in Chennai on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
ARUN SANKAR, AFP Via Getty Images![Christian devotees take communion during a Christmas mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Ragama on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/3031a31c-9a45-4e68-babc-a4980ac20d16-AFP_AFP_9V86PK.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christian devotees take communion during a Christmas mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Ragama on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
ISHARA S. KODIKARA, AFP Via Getty Images![Christian worshippers visit at the Church of the Nativity during Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 25, 2021. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/619f6062-d3b5-4832-9248-21660ed6db95-AFP_AFP_9V88LK.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christian worshippers visit at the Church of the Nativity during Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 25, 2021. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
ABBAS MOMANI, AFP Via Getty Images![Christian worshippers attend a Christmas day mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Virgin Mary in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/829f7c74-7765-42ce-89ca-b7857310ee74-AFP_AFP_9V88QJ.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christian worshippers attend a Christmas day mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Virgin Mary in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)
DELIL SOULEIMAN, AFP Via Getty Images![People take photos of a giant Christmas tree during Christmas at the West Kowloon cultural district in Hong Kong on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Bertha WANG / AFP)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/07a62a2e-9a68-4fbc-9d8d-934b678411df-AFP_AFP_9V88U2.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People take photos of a giant Christmas tree during Christmas at the West Kowloon cultural district in Hong Kong on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Bertha WANG / AFP)
BERTHA WANG, AFP Via Getty Images![An elderly man selling cotton candy waits for customers during Christmas celebrations, at a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/ea381dd0-18c6-4ac3-9f19-c61f16571d75-AP_Pakistan_Christmas.jpg?width=660&height=444&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An elderly man selling cotton candy waits for customers during Christmas celebrations, at a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Rahmat Gul, AP![People walk around a Christmas Tree as they celebrate Christmas in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/5e6415de-42bd-4a49-8c02-ddb5858cfee6-AP_Ukraine_Christmas.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People walk around a Christmas Tree as they celebrate Christmas in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Efrem Lukatsky, AP![People wearing a face mask, walk past a Christmas illumination display, at a shopping mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/e58e0636-852c-4430-88ad-cfec0b14bdd6-AP_Virus_Oubreak_Japan_Daily_Life.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People wearing a face mask, walk past a Christmas illumination display, at a shopping mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Shuji Kajiyama, AP![Christians attend a Christmas mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/12/25/USAT/0d89782f-f446-45a6-bb3c-52512ce5454f-AP_Virus_Outbreak_Pakistan_Christmas.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Christians attend a Christmas mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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