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Members of the new circus company Cirk La Putyka entertain people driving through with their cars in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. On the eve of St. Nicholas, Czechs traditionally celebrate by dressing up as Devils, Angels and St. Nicholas, and visiting children in their homes handing out small presents, coal, potatoes or other gifts. Due to government’s restrictive measures usual traditions would be impossible. A new circus company in Prague offered a solution Saturday. They invited the kids to drive with parents their in cars through the heaven and hell they created, with devils jumping in a distance and angels flying above them. The eager visitors formed a long line of cars at the La Putyka Circus base in Prague. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

St. Nicholas visits Czech children while adapting to virus

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-FILE- In this Saturday Nov. 16, 2019, file image, Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete, right, the controversial blackfaced sidekick of Saint Nicholas, rear left, walks in a parade in Scheveningen harbor, near The Hague, Netherlands. Saint Nicholas, the gift-bearing patron saint of children, was arriving in the Netherlands on Saturday amid a partial coronavirus lockdown that forced the cancelation of celebrations in many towns and cities. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Low-key arrival for St. Nicholas amid Dutch restrictions

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, two police officers walk by a giant statue of Saint Nicolas in front of the town hall of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. To ensure the merriment of millions of Belgian kids this year, the government is offering a special exemption from the stringent coronavirus measures to beloved Saint Nicholas, who always delivers bountiful presents on the morning of Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Belgium exempts gift-bearing St Nicholas from virus measures

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press