Santa Claus parade
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Santa Claus parades, also called Christmas parades, are parades held in some countries to celebrate the official opening of the Christmas season with the arrival of Santa Claus who always appears in t
Toronto Santa Claus Parade, one of the largest in the world, in 2007
A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940
Float at the 2011 Christmas parade in Mexico City
Christmas and holiday season
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The Christmas season or the festive season, also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from November or December to early January incorporating Christmas
Christmas tree in Japan. Christmas is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians around the world.
Midwinter sunset at Stonehenge
Saturnalia (1783) by Antoine-François Callet, showing his interpretation of what the Roman Saturnalia might have looked like
Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632