Tag: Christmas

With medics and helpers covered in masks, medical glasses, and protective suits, it is sometimes hard to convey festive cheer to the patients on Moscow’s COVID-19 wards. But Leonid Krasner, who has been volunteering at a hospital since the first wave, has found a way with the colorful pictures he draws on the back of his overalls to help patients recognize him and bring a smile to those being treated. Krasner, 59, decorates his single-use suits before entering the wards every time he is in the hospital. He once drew a cartoonish plane for a sick pilot and a congratulations ... Read more

When confectioner Laszlo Rimoczi decided to put masks on his chocolate Santas in his small workshop in rural Hungary, he intended it as a light-hearted joke to raise people’s spirits amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic. But it turned out to be a shrewd business move as orders surged online, and now he can hardly keep pace with demand. “I think by the time Santa comes he will have to wear a mask because Santa has to show a good example to people,” Rimoczi said, sitting in his workshop in the backyard of his village home in Lajosmizse, about 70 kilometers ... Read more

Apart from the health hazards and causalities, one of the worst effects of the pandemic is that it has isolated many people and forced them to confine to their homes for safety reasons. Family functions, get together with friends and team outings have always helped people connect with family, peers, and colleagues. This has taken a serious blow and a feeling of isolation has overshadowed lives. Christmas and New Year are round the corner and it is time to work on your holiday plans, modify them to make sure you and your loved ones stay safe. The safety of your ... Read more

Christmas is here and the New Year is just a week ahead, the hoteliers across Kerala is happy that there’s a slight surge in hotel bookings during this peak season. The hotel sector is expecting average occupancy of 70 per cent during this holiday season, Hotels in destinations such as Kovalam, Varkala, Kochi and Munnar are predicting even higher occupancy rates in the holiday season, while for New Year’s they expect to be full. Although foreign visitor arrivals remain weak since the Nipah outbreak and the devastating floods, 7 of every 10 visitors to the God’s own country during the holidays are ... Read more

Weighing in at 140 kg, the two-metre high marvel was sliced up into 1,200 pieces

Christmas market to chocolate festival- German way of celebrations

villages of three saints fall with in a small area t0 form a holy circuit for pilgrims