X'mas In These Covid Times

IMAGE: A heart-shaped ginger bread reading 'Merry Christmas' at the Christmas market in Frankfurt.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

IMAGE: A traditional figure made from dried plums wears a face mask and holds a syringe at the Christmas market in Frankfurt as the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Germany.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

IMAGE: A sign showing mask requirement for visitors is seen at the Christmas market in Frankfurt.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

IMAGE: An employee at a Christmas market next to the Cologne Cathedral in Germany checks a 2G rule status of visitors.
Photograph: Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters

IMAGE: Visitors at a Christmas market on Sechselaeutenplatz Square in Zurich, Switzerland.
Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

IMAGE: Visitors pose for a picture at a Christmas market on Muensterhof Square in Zurich.
Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

IMAGE: A Christmas market in Strasbourg, France.
Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

IMAGE: An Eiffel Tower light model at a Christmas market in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.
Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters