IN PICS | India All Set For Christmas Celebrations Amid Covid-19 Fear, Restrictions In Place

People buy decorative items ahead of the Christmas festival, in Guwahati. In a bid to curb further rise in COVID-19 cases in Assam, the State Government has imposed restrictions on Christmas and New Year celebration nights. (Image: PTI)

Security personnel of 'Nirbhiya Squad', wearing Santa Claus costumes, take out an awareness rally against COVID-19 on the eve of Christmas, outside St. Andrew Church in Jaipur. (Image: PTI)

In wake of the recent threat regarding new strain of coronavirus originating in the UK, and the ongoing pandemic situation in the country, Maharashtra govt has urged all 'Christian brothers and sisters' to celebrate Christmas in a simple manner. (Image: PTI)

A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographs with a girl during Christmas celebration, at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital For Children in Mumbai. Maharashtra, which accounts for the highest number of coronavirus cases and has also clamped a night curfew, will also have a toned-down Christmas celebration this year. (Image: PTI)

Illuminated Christ Church ahead of the Christmas festival, in Shimla. In a first as per the living memory of old-timers, there will be no traditional Christmas religious services like midnight Mass and pealing of the bell in the neo-Gothic style Anglican Christ Church on Shimla's Ridge in the time of the Coronavirus pandemic. (Image: PTI)

A man dressed as Santa Claus walks through a mustard field on the eve of Christmas, in West Bengal's Nadia. (Image: PTI)

A local administration staff member sanitizes a cart of a man dressed as Santa Claus on the eve of Christmas festival, at Cathridal Church in Lucknow. (Image: PTI)

A local administration staff member inspects Cathedral Church premises on the eve of Christmas festival, in Lucknow. (Image: PTI)

A lawn decorated with colorful lights for the upcoming Christmas festival in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

A roadside vendor waits for customers to sell Santa Claus costumes and masks, ahead of Christmas, in Jammu. (Image: PTI)

Devotees dressed as Santa Claus perform 'Arti' after taking a holy dip in the Ganga, ahead of Christmas festival, at Sangam in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. (Image: PTI)

Women celebrate Christmas festival at Saint Aloysius in Jabalpur. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the country is all set to celebrate Christmas, albeit with restricted entry to churches, live streaming of services, and no midnight Mass. (Image: PTI)