LONDON
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| Space-themed Christmas lights hang over Carnaby Street on November 29, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) |
LONDON
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| General view of the Christmas lights over Carnaby Street on November 23, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) |
GERMANY
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| 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
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| 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
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| Christmas illuminations are lit along the Champs Elysees avenue on November 22, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) |
FRENCH
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| 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
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| A woman takes a photograph of illuminated Christmas decorations in Cali, Colombia on Dec. 6, 2010. (Jaime Saldarriaga/REUTERS) |
DORTMUND
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| 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
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| 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
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| Shinjuku Terrace City, Tokyo, Japan. |
JAPAN
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| 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
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| 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
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| A man stands inside a huge snow globe that decorates a shopping centre in Taipei Dec. 7, 2010. (Nicky Loh/REUTERS) |
ITALY
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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) |
