Seoirse Gleeson lights a candle in her Stoneybatter window watched by her mother Damhnait. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times
Members of the Parke family from Kilcloon, watching the lights of the reindeer runway at Weston Airport. The outdoor car-based Christmas light show continues on December 28th and 29th.
Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Santa waves to visitors at the drive-through show Flight before Christmas at Weston Airport. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Aine Clarke and her classmate Rosie O'Toole, pupils of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn, survey the children's books available in the book shop at Nano Nagle Place. Photograph: Clare Keogh
Mike Coffey, sheep farmer from Kilgobnet, Co Kerry, decorating a traditional holly bough, for his home. From St Stephen's Day, as captain of the Kilgobnet Biddy Group, he begins making the 'Biddy' straw hats. The tradition of the Biddies is one of the oldest and most colourful customs in Ireland, a blend of pagan and christian pageantry, held on February 1st each year, heralding the beginning of spring and honouring St Brigid the patron saint of the farming community. Coffey has been making the biddy hats for over 50 years, and is one of the few left in Ireland, making and dressing the ornate pampas hats. Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan
Santa Claus greets children from inside a plastic box, as a Covid-19 precaution, at a public square in Comas, Lima, Peru. Photograph: Luis Angel Gonzales Taipe/EPA
A baker decorates a Christmas Yule log, made with three kinds of chocolate, to represent a vaccine syringe at P Clement bakery in Daillens, Switzerland. The specially designed cake was made to mark the first Covid-19 vaccine injected in Switzerland. Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA
Thai mahouts dress elephants as Santa Claus to help distribute protective face masks to students, in an effort to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, ahead of Christmas celebrations at a school in the world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand. The annual event has replaced the usual presents with protective face masks this year, and is being held outside, due to the pandemic. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA
Visitors take photos as a diver wearing a Santa Claus outfit feeds fish inside a tank at the Aquaria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph: Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
Tents of homeless people in Dublin as the Inner City Helping Homeless charity has warned of further deaths of rough sleepers over the festive period if the Government does not intervene. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Priscila Fernandes and Pamela Simoes (right) meeting Anna Marcondes arriving from Italy, at Dublin Airport for Christmas. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Colm Dunne and James Dunne (13) with Patrick Corkery, Channel swimmer and member of NAC Masters , dressed as Santa getting their daily swim in at Sandycove near the 40 ft in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
