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Maxi Kolb, an exchange student from Germany, takes a photo of a group of Santas and elves getting ready for their annual Christmas morning run on Main Street in Auburn, Maine on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The group gets together every Christmas morning and runs a loop through Lewiston Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP) December 25, 2020 - 3:16 PM
ROME - Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
The coronavirus left almost no one unaffected.
The government reported 1,241 new cases Friday, a new daily record for the country. It doesn t feel like Christmas anyway, there s no carols being played on the streets, she said. It s Christmask, the Daily Nation newspaper declared in Kenya, where a surge in cases led to doctors ending a brief strike Christmas Eve.
Celebrations were muted in the East African hub as a curfew prevented overnight church vigils.
Pope Francis delivered his Christmas blessing from inside the Vatican, breaking with his traditional speech from the balcony of St.
Peter s Basilica to tens of thousands in St. Peter s Square.
Tourism in Italy has virtually vanished and the government s coronavirus restrictions for the holidays foiled any plans by locals to flock to the square.
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A pandemic Christmas: How countries around the globe are celebrating
The coronavirus left almost no one unaffected.
Patricia Hager, 60, delivered homemade caramel rolls for breakfast to family and friends in Bismarck, North Dakota, a state that didn t get hit until later in the pandemic but was struck hard.
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Indian homeless people celebrates Christmas at Good Samaritans India (NGO) shelter home on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020.(AP)
It seemed every time she opened her door this holiday season, someone had left smoked salmon, baskets of nuts or cookies. This year Christmas love is expressed at the door, she said. I m glad that people will probably be with us next year with the vaccines. I can give up anything for that.