An interesting edit shows how Greeks celebrated Christmas and New Year before COVID-19 and how they are celebrating now in 2020.

"We have the strangest Christmas and New Year's Eve, due to the pandemic," said filmer Taifer.

"Without children's voices singing carols, with few consumers shopping and with shops in the city centre," he added.

"Everyone used to have fun welcoming Christmas and the New Year, but this year it's a heartbreaking wilderness," he concluded.

All footage was filmed in Thessaloniki.

That's how we used to celebrate New Year's Eve and Christmas before the COVID-19 pandemic. We have the strangest Christmas and New Year's Eve, due to the pandemic, this video compares then and now. Without children's voices singing carols, with few consumers shopping and with shops in the city center, where in previous years unique parties were set up, closed. Every year these days enormous feasts taking place as hundreds of people flock to the streets dancing to live music, in pop or folk rhythms, shopkeepers organizing barbeques with large amounts of roast meat and alcohol, everyone has fun welcoming Christmas and New Year, but this year there is a heartbreaking wilderness.