Panchito Vicente, 2, is reflected in plexiglass as he visits Santa Claus, Ray Hamlett, 74, at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Commerce, California, U.S., December 3, 2020. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Children greet a person dressed as Santa Claus from inside a vehicle in a drive-thru christmas village, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 3, 2020. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)
An assistant helps Pal Pillmayer, dressed as Santa Claus, as he prepares to interact with children by video chat, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, November 30, 2020. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
A child interacts by video with a man who goes by “Santa Claus Edi Noel” at NorteShopping mall amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 13, 2020. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
A person dressed as The Grinch performs as people attend the ChristmasCity drive-in cinema showing of the movie Home Alone, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain, December 3, 2020. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Reuters)
Dana Friedman, a trial lawyer who has spent 6 months of each year growing out his beard for his annual appearances as Santa Claus since 2001, adjusts his mask before greeting a child at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Queens, New York City, December 6, 2020. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
Dana Friedman poses for a portrait with a family through a window at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Queens, New York City, December 6, 2020. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
A girl visits a man dressed as Santa Claus inside an old cable car at Urca Hill near Pao de Acucar Mountain (Sugar Loaf Mountain) during a Christmas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 5, 2020. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
Issa Kassissieh, dressed as Santa Claus, sits next to a Christmas tree erected on a salt formation during filming for a Christmas greeting video from the Holy Land in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokeq, Israel, Sunday, November 15, 2020. The Israeli Ministry of Tourism said incoming tourism to Israel has been dealt a severe blow due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it remains optimistic that tourism will begin to rebound next year and continues to promote the country’s unique characteristics to potential tourists. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)
Santa Claus waves at children and their families from behind a transparent barrier at Bass Pro Shops, Friday, November 20, 2020, in Miami. This is Santa Claus in the Coronavirus Age, where visits are done with layers of protection or moved online. Putting hundreds of kids a day onto your lap to talk directly into your face — that’s not happening. (Photo by Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Gracelynn Blumenfeld, 8, visits with Santa through a transparent barrier at a Bass Pro Shop in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Malls are doing all they can to keep the jolly old man safe from the coronavirus, including banning kids from sitting on his knee, completely changing what a Santa visit looks like. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
London taxi driver Michael Harris, dressed as Santa Claus, who said he was in hospital with coronavirus for three weeks earlier in the year, poses for photographs in his cab parked outside Burlington Arcade, during England’s second coronavirus lockdown in London, Wednesday, November 25, 2020. With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. (Photo by Matt Dunham/AP Photo)
A man disguised as Santa Claus, suspended from the Sugar Loaf’s Cable car, waves at visitors upon arrival to the Sugar Loaf mountain, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 05, 2020. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)
A man dressed as Santa Claus rappels from a cable car while descending from the Pao de Acucar Mountain (Sugar Loaf Mountain) during his arrival to a Christmas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 5, 2020. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
Majesty Davis, 3, cries while visiting Santa Claus, who sits behind a plexiglass divider due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 14, 2020. (Photo by Mark Makela/Reuters)
