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Christmas 2020: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind, Amit Shah among others extend festive greetings

President Ram Nath Kovind also greeted citizens on Christmas and expressed hope that the festival would help strengthen harmony

Christmas 2020: Wishes, quotes and messages for friends and family this festive season

The festivities in most countries start from Christmas Eve (24 December) and continue till New Year. This year, celebrations will be a subdued one as people will be staying indoors and maintain social distancing norms to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus

From hiding brooms in Norway to Venezuela's roller blades, some peculiar Christmas traditions around the world

Norwegians have a pagan belief according to which evil and naughty witches come out on Christmas Eve and ride on brooms. So they hide all the brooms in the household at the safest possible place to keep the wizards from flying about

Christmas 2019: Pope Francis leads mass at Vatican's St Peter's Basilica; festivities kick off around the world

The last event to interrupt Christmas Mass at Notre Dame was the French Revolution, according to Karine Dalle, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Paris.