Christmas markets in Germany have been canceled for the first time since World War II. Pantomimes in British theaters are going online for the first time ever. Even the Pope’s mass on Christmas eve is being brought forward to comply with a local curfew in Rome. For a look at a very different Christmas, here’s The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry.
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