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An assistant helps Pal Pillmayer, dressed as Santa Claus, as he prepares to interact with children by video chat, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
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A worker holds gingerbread men with protective masks for the Christmas celebration at a bakery, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
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An employee prepares a masked chocolate Santa Claus at the chocolate manufacture Confiserie Felicitas in Hornow, near Spremberg, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
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Palestinian policemen take a selfie near a Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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People dressed in Christmas costumes attend an annual meeting of a rent-a-Santa Claus and Angel service in front of a vintage U.S. C-54 aircraft at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airfield, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Glass Christmas tree decorations shaped like pigs are seen at OzdobaCZ factory, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, December 1, 2020. The masked Golden Pig ornaments draw inspiration from a Czech tradition of fasting on Christmas Day to see a Golden Pig, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. Picture taken December 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
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People look to Christmas decoration from inside the family car as they visit Luminna Fest, a drive-through Christmas light festival, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Jacky Guerrero, 20, holds her two-year-old cousin Panchito Vicente as they visit Santa Claus, Ray Hamlett, 74, behind plexiglass at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Commerce, California, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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People dressed as Sidekick Schmutzli and Samichlaus (Swiss Santa) interact with children via video at a studio of the St. Nikolausgesellschaft Zurich, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Janos Nemes, dressed as Santa Claus, waves as he interacts with children by video in a photo studio, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Budapest, Hungary, December 1, 2020. Picture taken December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
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A man dressed as Santa Claus wears a protective face mask during an annual meeting of a rent-a-Santa Claus and Angel service at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airfield, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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A man dressed in a Christmas-themed costume wears a protective face mask before he races through the streets of Michendorf, near Berlin, during Nikolaus Lauf (Saint Nicholas run), amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Germany, December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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People look at Christmas lights illuminating Dylan Walsh's house in aid of cancer charity 'Arc House' in the Finglas Cappagh Green area of Dublin, Ireland, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask looks on inside a shop on the day Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza set out in parliament the government's plan for mass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and restrictions over the Christmas period, in Rome, Italy December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hosts the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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An employee prepares a chocolate nativity scene with masked figures at the chocolate manufacture Confiserie Felicitas in Hornow, near Spremberg, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
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A man wearing a face mask stands next to Christmas ornaments in La Paz, Bolivia, December 4, 2020.REUTERS/David Mercado
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A girl and a woman look at a Santa Claus sculpture from inside the car as they visit Luminna Fest, a drive-through Christmas light festival, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Christmas lights illuminate Dylan Walsh's house in aid of cancer charity 'Arc House' in the Finglas Cappagh Green area of Dublin, Ireland, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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A woman in a Christmas angel costume wears a protective face mask during an annual meeting of a rent-a-Santa Claus and Angel service at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airfield, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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Children greet a person dressed as Santa Claus from inside a vehicle in a drive-thru christmas village, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Dreaming of a COVID Christmas

Dreaming of a COVID Christmas

Santa makes socially distant appearances all over the world as people prepare for the holiday season during the coronavirus pandemic.