Christmas around The World 2010
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South Korean postmen dressed as Santa Claus on delivery bikes leave the post office headquarters to deliver Christmas gifts to poor people for their charity campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. The campaign that involved some 50 postmen will be expanded into nine cities until the end of this year.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, in New York.
In this photo taken on Dec. 2, 2010, Albert Carver, looks at a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree made of lobster traps on Beals Island, Maine. Some of the top lobster-fishing ports in New England are claiming bragging rights about who has the biggest and best Christmas tree created from lobster traps. The groups that put up the trees say they draw attention to the ports' maritime heritage, bring people together and raise money for good causes. The tree in Beals helps raises money for the Beals-Jonesport Fourth of July festivities and the one in Gloucester benefits a nonprofit devoted to the arts.
A Christmas tree stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the quadriga statue on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.
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.
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The big Wheel is illuminated as part of Christmas lightings on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Friday Dec. 10, 2010.
Children play in foam used to simulate snow at a shopping mall on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 in Singapore where malls are taking advantage of the festive season to draw in customers through visual merchandising, advertising and year end sales.
A child stares at Christmas lights in the Transylvanian city of Cluj, central Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, backdropped by the Orthodox Metropolitan cathedral and the statue of the 1848 revolution hero Avram Iancu, seen at right.
Christmas tree is installed on Red Square with St. Basil Cathedral in the background in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Russia was announced as host of the 2018 tournament.
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is seen after a lighting ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, in Washington.
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Christmas Trees and holiday decorations are seen in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec., 1, 2010, the theme for the White House Christmas 2010 is "Simple Gifts".
Fireworks explode over a floating Christmas tree as it is lighted for the holiday season in Lagoa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010
Pedestrians walk on the illuminated the boulevard 'Unter den Linden' in Berlin on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.
A Christmas tree and the Vittoriano monument frame Piazza Venezia (Venezia square) in downtown Rome, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010.
Filipino children stay outside a makeshift store that sells Christmas lanterns in suburban Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010. Christmas is one of the most festive seasons in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, with Filipinos lighting up their homes with bright and colorfu lanterns and preparing weeks in advance for big family reunions.
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People watch fireworks during the illumination of a giant Christmas tree at the launching of 2010 Christmas Festivities in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010.
People look at a Christmas tree at Mirador de Laikacota in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday Dec. 5, 2010. Measuring more than 80 feet, the tree can be seen from anywhere in this Andean city.
Some of the hundreds of people dressed in Santa outfits celebrate at Trafalgar Square in London, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Hundreds of people dressed as Santa Claus have descended on London, startling commuters and tourists with a tide of seasonal cheer. Organizers of the annual "Santacon" festive flash mob say it is "a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonreligious and nonsensical celebration of Christmas cheer, goodwill, and fun."
A doll representing the Devil is burned during the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Day celebrations in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. These celebrations mark the beginning of the Christmas Season in Guatemala.
Visitors look at a giant Christmas tree made of 29,000 plastic mineral water bottles displayed to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010.
A Palestinian man walks past a portion of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourists from all over the world are expected to flock to Jesus' traditional birthplace to celebrate the Christmas holiday this month. The writing on the wall reads "Merry Christmas world from Bethlehem ghetto".
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A lit Christmas tree made of 5480 recycled bottles, made by Israeli industrial designer Hadas Itzcovitch and her father, artist Ernest Itzcovitch, is displayed in Haifa, northern Israel, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. Ernest and Hadas Itzcovitch used 5480 recycled plastic bottles to build a Christmas tree hoping to raise awareness of environmental issues and recycling, and completed it shortly after a devastating wildfire of the Carmel Heights that left 43 people dead.
People to cross the Christmas illuminated Gedimino avenue in Vilnius, Lithuania,Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Over 80 percent of Lithuanians are Christians who will celebrate the festival of Christmas on Dec. 25. The 5 percent who are Russian Orthodox Christians will celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, 2010, in accordance with the old Julian calendar.
Penguins dressed in Santa Claus costumes walk, as part of promotional event in coincident with the upcoming Christmas at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in South Korea with over half the population being Christians.
Fireworks light up the sky above at Christmas tree during a lighting up ceremony at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010.