Breathtaking Christmas decorations around the world
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Christmas is celebrated across the globe in different ways but one thing remains constant; and that is the decorations.
Check out some of the most over-the-top lights and structures you can find.People sit inside a giant Christmas ball as part of Christmas holiday season decorations in Nice December 5, 2013. France
Traffic moves along under the Oxford Street Christmas lights after they were switched on in central London
Eric Marshall poses for a photograph after switching on his Christmas lights for the first time this year on his house in Bagby, northern England December 2, 2013. Eric spends three weeks each year setting up the display which runs throughout December to the 12th night, and raises funds for the local church. Photograph taken December 2, 2013
People visit a Christmas market in downtown Budapest, December 11, 2013
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama meets with the children of U.S. military service members at the unveiling of the Christmas decorations at the White House in Washington,
Vendors prepare food at the Budapest Christmas Fair at Vorosmarty square in downtown Budapest
People walk under light decorations during the annual illumination of Christmas lights at Krakowskie Przedmiescie street, part of the historical Trakt Krolewski (The Royal Route), in Warsaw December 7, 2013
A woman takes a picture of herself with part of the Christmas illumination of the main shopping mall Kurfuerstendamm boulevard in Berlin, December 1, 2013
Tourists from Japan look at Christmas decorations on a stall at the opening day of Germany's oldest Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) in Nuremberg November 29, 2013. The first official record of this pre-Christmas market dates back to 1628. A list of notices for stall holders from 1737 shows that almost all of Nuremberg's craftsmen were represented. Every year, Germany's traditional markets, such as the centuries-old Christkindlesmarkt
A man dressed as Santa Claus skates on an ice rink across from the Eiffel Tower as part of the Christmas holiday season preparations, in Paris December 12, 2013
Women take pictures in front of a Santa Claus figure outside a shopping mall ahead of Christmas in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, December 11, 2013
People walk past a giant Christmas tree near a Ferris wheel on the place Massena as part of Christmas holiday season illuminations in Nice
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF SANTA CLAUS Jonald Libres, 28, walks on a tight rope over live crocodiles while wearing a Santa Claus costume as part of performances for the Christmas Yuletide season at a crocodile farm in Pasay city, metro Manila
People visit the Budapest Christmas Fair at Vorosmarty square in downtown Budapest,
Dolphins jump behind a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Marineland Aquatic Park as part of Christmas holiday season preparations, in Antibes, southeastern France,
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A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with sardines during a promotional event for the Christmas "Sardines Feeding Show with Santa Claus" at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul December 10, 2013
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: A stall on Oxford Street selling a wide range of Santa Claus hats on December 14, 2013 in London,
People pose by a Christmas tree at the Larco Mar shopping mall in Lima's Miraflores district,
People look at Christmas decorations at a stall at the Budapest Christmas Fair at Vorosmarty square in downtown Budapest
A boy looks at bus driver Edilson (not pictured), 45, also known as "Fumassa", inside an urban bus decorated with Christmas motives in Santo Andre, outskirts of Sao Paulo December 10, 2013. Fumassa dresses as Santa Claus every year while driving his bus.
Santa Claus kites float in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of Christmas holiday season preparations in Paris
People sit inside a giant Christmas ball as part of Christmas holiday season decorations in Nice December 5, 2013.
Bus driver Edilson, 45, also known as "Fumassa", drives while wearing a Santa Claus outfit inside an urban bus decorated with Christmas motives in Santo Andre, outskirts of Sao Paulo
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