Christmas Around The World 2010

LONDON

Space-themed Christmas lights hang over Carnaby Street on November 29, 2010 in
London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

LONDON

General view of the Christmas lights over Carnaby Street on November 23, 2010 in
London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

GERMANY

A giant Christmas pyramid spins at the illuminated Christmas market near the cathedral
 and Severichurch on December 7, 2010 in Erfurt, Germany.
(Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

GERMANY

The Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market stands illuminated on November 26, 2010
in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market…

FRENCH

Christmas illuminations are lit along the Champs Elysees avenue on November 22, 2010
in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

FRENCH

A giant Christmas tree stands in the middle of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris,
ahead of the holiday season in the French capital, Nov. 26, 2010. (Charles Platiau/REUTERS)

COLUMBIA

A woman takes a photograph of illuminated Christmas decorations in Cali,
 Colombia on Dec. 6, 2010. (Jaime Saldarriaga/REUTERS)

DORTMUND

Children play with their sled in front of the house of Lutz Pingel, which is decorated with
Christmas lights, in Dortmund Nov. 30, 2010. Each year several owners
 set up fairy lights at their houses for Christmas. (Ina Fassbender/REUTERS)

TBILISI

An illumination resembling a Christmas tree set at the monument to St. George at the
Freedom Square in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
(AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

JAPAN

Shinjuku Terrace City, Tokyo, Japan.

JAPAN

 A spectacular illumination named ‘Starlight Garden’ : beginning with the appearance of a
shooting star that leads to a supernova at the centre of the Milky Way and consequently,
 from the resulting gas and mist, the emergence of a new galaxy.

SEOUL

A pedestrian walks beside the foot of a 22-metre-high, 50-tonne statue titled
 "Hammering Man" by U.S. artist Jonathan Borofsky, in Seoul Dec. 7, 2010.
The statue was decorated as a Santa Claus for the Christmas season,
by a life insurance company. (Jo Yong-Hak/REUTERS)

TAIPEI

A man stands inside a huge snow globe that decorates a shopping centre in
 Taipei Dec. 7, 2010. (Nicky Loh/REUTERS)

ITALY

Red Lights cover the Duomo of Milan during the LED Christmas Lights Festival on
December 8, 2010 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

NORWAY

The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,000 energy efficient led lights before
they are turned on, is on display at the Rockefeller

SPAIN

Christmas lights designed by Teresa Sapey illuminate the calle Serrano on
November 28, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Liesa Johannssen/Getty Images)

U.S.

Onlookers stand by the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree after it is illuminated
at the annual lighting ceremony November 30, 2010 in New York City.
 (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

U.S.

People attend the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the West Front
of the U.S. Capitol December 7, 2010 in Washington, DC.
 (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)