Actors dressed as Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, and his granddaughter Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) ride a sleigh, driven by a coachman, during a festive pre-holiday ceremony in central Moscow, Dec. 5, 2015. Ded Moroz and Snegurochka arrived in the capital from their residence in the town of Veliky Ustyug.
