In Pics | India rings in another Christmas amid Covid-19

See how people around the country are celebrating Christmas festivities in the shadow of Covid-19.

India welcomed a comparitively muted holiday season this year on account of new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Credit: AFP Photo

Despite curbs being imposed in most states for the holiday season, buildings and churches around the country were illuminated. Credit: PTI Photo

Children found ways to be in the holiday spirit by dressing up as Santa and indulging in various activities across India. Credit: PTI Photo

A man dressed as Santa Claus rides a water scooter on the eve of Christmas, at Upper Lake in Bhopal. Credit: PTI Photo

Children and youth drssed in Santa Claus costumes celebrate Christmas, at Taj Mahal in Agra. Credit: PTI Photo

Traffic moves past illuminated Alliance Church ahead of Christmas celebrations in Ahmedabad. Credit: Reuters Photo

Sisters and trainees of helpers of Mount Rosary congregation seen staging programmes to spread the joy of Christmas at Mount Rosary home in Alangar near Moodbidri. Credit: DH Photo

Christmas Mass at a church in Karnataka. Credit: DH Photo

A shop in Bengaluru selling Christmas decorations. Credit: DH Photo

A child dressed as Santa Claus is held up by her mother on the eve of Christmas at St Paul's church in Amritsar. Credit: AFP Photo