Children wearing Santa Claus costumes attend a Christmas celebration at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Bulgarian Carol-singers perform a traditional Christmas dance and sing as they are reflected at a glass in the town of Varna east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.(AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
Cousins Lara Delarlie, right and Elyssa Delarlie, emerge from the water with their giant inflatable thong as they celebrate Christmas on Sydney's Bondi Beach. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful after lighting a candle from his studio window overlooking St Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A couple watches illuminations on Christmas Eve in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
An Indian policeman stands guard in front of a decorated Christian Church prayer hall ahead of Christmas celebrations in Bhubaneswar, India. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
A child watches a Christmas light display in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
A Palestinian woman walks past Christmas decorations at a shop in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Palestinians and foreign tourists gather at Manger square in front the Church of the Nativity believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
French tourists Perrine Demets, left, Delphine Pollet, and Come Dubois, right, kick up their heels as they celebrate Christmas on Sydney's Bondi Beach. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
