Animals around the world are celebrating the holidays with special treats, outfits and even visits from Santa Claus!
Click through the photo gallery above to see how animals play a special role in holiday traditions.
A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses for photographers with a polar bear named "Raspoutine", at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographers with two dolphins, at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Two elephants feed on a Christmas tree at the zoo Tierpark in Berlin, Germany. Every year discarded Christmas trees are offered to the animals as a snack. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Zoo owner Manny Tangcosits between an orangutan named "Pacquiao", left, and a Bengal tiger cub named "Tiger Duterte" at the Malabon Zoo north of Manila, Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A diver in Santa costume feeds a turtle as part of the upcoming Christmas celebrations at Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Elephants eat Christmas trees at the Berlin Zoo at the launch of the annual feeding of Christmas trees in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographers with king penguins at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses for photographers with a killer whale named "Valentin" , at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A man dressed as Santa Claus interacts with king penguins at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A lion cub named Dominjun, right, and a tiger cub named Jangbori wear Santa Claus caps during an event to celebrate Christmas at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A diver dressed as Santa Claus watches a robotic octopus as it performs for the visitors at the Creta Aquarium in the town of Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete. (AP Photo/Bastian Parschau)
Chloe Kardoggian, a 12-year old rescue chihuahua, models a guinea pig elf costume during the PetSmart holiday collection preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
An 8-year old Chihuahua named Coco is seen out in the winter cold in his new Christmas sweater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
An orangutan named "Pacquiao" dressed in a Santa Claus costume reacts as he joins an "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon zoo in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A tiger tries to unwrap a cardboard box containing chicken meat it received as Christmas gift in the zoo in Veszprem, 108 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary. (Boglarka Bodnar/MTI via AP)
A Bengal tiger cub named "Tiger Duterte" is bottle fed during their annual "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tinkerbelle the Dog models a Martha Stewart Pets scarf sweater and a Santa hat during the PetSmart holiday collection preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A Squirrel monkey investigates a Christmas stocking, during a media opportunity at London Zoo. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Two Welsh Pembrokeshire Corgi dogs sit on a chair in front of wax work models of the British Royal family at Madame Tussauds wax works in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, kicks his leg as he poses with members of the Radio City Rockettes, after he blessed camels, sheep and a donkey, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Radio City Rockette star Lauren Renck stands between camels during the blessing of animals at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
A trio of giraffes pick treats from a makeshift Christmas tree as Christmas came early to residents of Sydney's Taronga Zoo. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A man holds a cat with a Christmas hat for an after-Christmas sales at an animal shop in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographers with two dolphins, at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A wallaby samples decorative hangings of fruit and nuts as animals at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, receive special Christmas treats that encourage them to forage. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Rockette Candace Jablonski looks up as a camel named Sally touches her head at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Dogs dressed in Santa Claus outfits pose during a fundraising event in suburban Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Bacchus, left, and Irish, both Schnauzer dogs, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit pose during a fundraising event in suburban Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Bolivian squirrel monkey, Saimiri boliviensis, eats a Christmas fondant it received as Christmas present in the Animal Park of Nyiregyhaza, 245 kms east of Budapest. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Balazs)
An Aldabra tortoise bites into a watermelon at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses for photographers with a polar bear named "Raspoutine", at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A camel and sheep pose with Rockettes as the animals arrive for rehearsals for the "78th annual Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular" in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A man dressed in Santa Claus feeds humboldt penguis at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses for photographers with a polar bear named "Raspoutine", at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A lion cub named Dominjun, right, and a tiger cub named Jangbori wear Santa Claus caps during an event to celebrate Christmas at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man dressed in Santa Claus feeds an humboldt penguin at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A zoo worker in a diving suit poses next to a Christmas Nativity scene that was mounted at the bottom of the zoo aquarium as a shark swims by in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Zoo owner Manny Tangco adjusts the Santa hat of an Orangutan named "Pacquiao" while giving school children a tour ahead of a Christmas celebration. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Lucifer the lion grabs hold of a Christmas present given to him during a media opportunity at London Zoo. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman from the Chilibulo community holds her llama on a leash, which she decorated with tinsel, during a parade on the seventh day of the "Novena" in Quito, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ana Maria Buitron)
An elephant holds a Christmas tree at the Berlin Zoo at the launch of the annual feeding of Christmas trees in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses for photographers with a killer whale named "Valentin" , at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
A meerkat named Bob inspects a present left near a makeshift Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. The zoo is celebrating Christmas with the animals. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A sun bear opens a Christmas food gift at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Animals ripped open festively wrapped Christmas gifts filled with fruit and nut style treats. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Grumpy Cat arrives at the 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
A chimpanzee enjoys a colorful iceblock as Christmas came early to residents of Sydney's Taronga Zoo. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)