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,
