Socially distanced Santa

Napoleao Gaudencio waves for a Santa Claus video call during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal, Decembmore

An Iraqi woman, dressed as Santa Claus, rides her bicycle amid the spread of the coronavirus in the old city omore

Severino Moreira does a Santa Claus video call in Lisbon, Portugal, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

A man wearing a Santa Claus costume sanitizes children's hands inside a slum in Mumbai, India, December 19, 20more

Arhoa Pena, 3, reacts as she watched a personalized Christmas video message recorded by artist Hector Fuentes more

A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume rides his motorbike during Xmas Toy Run parade to rev up the holiday spmore

A young woman takes a selfie with a man dressed as a Santa Claus ahead of Christmas at a mall in Amman, Jordanmore

Abilio da Cruz Pinto, 77, dressed as a Santa Claus inside a plastic bubble, greets a child in a shopping mall more

Pippa Hunt, 4, from Washington, County Durham, reacts as she receives a live video call from Santa Claus, who more

A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for a picture behind a protective shield with girls wearing masks in a shopmore

A man dressed as Santa Claus gives a call to children via Zoom in Rome, Italy, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Guglimore

Dana Friedman, a trial lawyer who has spent 6 months of each year growing out his beard for his annual appearamore

Children observe a person dressed as Santa Claus from inside a vehicle in a drive-thru Christmas village in Cimore

Panchito Vicente, 2, is reflected in plexiglass as he visits Santa Claus, Ray Hamlett, 74, at the Citadel Outlmore