With only a week left until Christmas, lighted displays, colorful markets, and Santa's helpers are out in force. From Europe to the Americas and Asia, gathered here as an early gift to you is a collection of holiday cheer and light wrapped up in 35 photographs.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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Read moreBystanders admire Christmas illuminations along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17, 2017. The illuminations made up of some 500,000 LED lights will be displayed until December 24. #
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Read moreOver 8,000 members of the public taking part in Glasgow's annual Santa Dash make their way up St. Vincent Street on December 10, 2017, in Glasgow, Scotland. The Santa Dash has been held since 2006 and this year is the 11th anniversary of the event. In total, the race has raised over £200,000 for charities working in and around Glasgow. #
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Read morePeople visit the traditional Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 18, 2017. #
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Read moreA girl rides a carriage as she takes part in a Santa Run event in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, on December 17, 2017. #
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Read moreA 10-foot-long remote-controlled flying Santa makes a test flight past a setting moon over the ocean in Carlsbad, California, on December 3, 2017. #
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Read moreChristian worshipers light candles at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, ahead of Christmas, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 17, 2017. #
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Read moreResidents of the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman decorate their homes with lights and elaborate decorations in celebration of Christmas in Sydney, Australia, on December 18, 2017. Thousands of dollars are spent by individual homeowners to decorate their homes, which are then visited by hundreds of visitors each evening in the run-up to the big day. The lights and inflatables are getting more and more elaborate each year and machines dispensing bubbles are now being used to simulate snow in a city that never sees it. #
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Read moreChildren look at the Christmas window display of the Le Printemps Haussmann department store after the inauguration of the store's illuminations for Christmas and New Year celebrations on November 9, 2017, in Paris, France. #
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Read moreCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall, seen with children from Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, is decorating the Clarence House Christmas tree at Clarence House on December 13, 2017, in London, England. #
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Read morePeople dressed as Santa Claus row during a Christmas regatta in Venice, Italy, on December 17, 2017. #
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Read moreTwo men dressed as Santa Claus and Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, stage a performance for visitors at the Royev Ruchey Park in the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on December 6, 2017. #
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Read morePeople take part in the traditional Christmas bath on December 17, 2017, in Nice, France. #
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Read moreA woman walks along a street decorated for the holidays in downtown Moscow, Russia, on December 18, 2017. #
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Read moreA family greets Santa Claus at a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on December 16, 2017. #
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Read moreChildren play around Santa Claus-themed decorations at a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2017. #
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Read morePeople walk along a Christmas market at Moscow's Red Square on December 16, 2017. #
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Read moreDressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on December 10, 2017. #
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Read moreParticipants release balloons with LED lamps during the "Christmas light of wishes" event in Zagreb, Croatia, on December 16, 2017. #
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Read morePeople dressed as Santa drink at a bar in Manhattan during the annual SantaCon pub crawl on December 9, 2017, in New York City. Hundreds of revelers take part in the holiday pub crawl, though some local bars and businesses have banned participants in an effort to avoid the typically rowdy SantaCon crowds. #
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Read moreRevellers dressed in Santa costumes sit on a Trafalgar Square lion as they take part in Santacon, a global annual event in which people dress up in Santa costumes and parade around various cities to celebrate Christmas in London, England, on December 9, 2017. #
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Read moreA shopper walks among Christmas decorations in a shopping mall in Beijing, China, on December 12, 2017. #
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Read morePeople take part in a half-naked Santa run in downtown Budapest, Hungary, on December 10, 2017. #
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Read moreA man dressed as Santa Claus waves to children while taking off in a Santa Claus balloon, in Sonthofen, Germany, on December 10, 2017. #
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Read morePeople look at Christmas decorations at a Christmas market in front of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, on December 3, 2017. #
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Read moreSquirrel monkeys in the London Zoo look for treats inside a Christmas stocking in their enclosure on December 14, 2017. #
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Read moreMore than a hundred cyclists dressed as Santa Claus meet at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on December 17, 2017. #
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Read moreA rider dressed up as Santa Claus rides his motorbike during the Papanoelada Motera event in Vigo, Spain, on December 16, 2017. #
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Read moreAn illuminated Christmas tree on the Alster River shines in front of the Christmas Market in Hamburg, Germany, on December 6, 2017. #
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Read moreSanta Claus arrives at a Christmas market in Mayrhofen, Austria, on December 3, 2017. #
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Read morePerformers clad in Christmas-themed outfits dance at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur on December 18, 2017. Every year as Christmas approaches, shopping malls across Malaysia are decorated with beautiful light displays and offer year-end discounts to lure shoppers. #
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Read moreSanta Claus enjoys the snow during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland, on December 2, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman takes a selfie on a street with Christmas decorations in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 18, 2017. #
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Read moreRevelers dressed as Santa Claus and wearing other holiday-themed outfits celebrate during the annual SantaCon event in New York City, on December 9, 2017. #
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Read moreHilton dos Santos, 84, is hugged by a little girl in Central Station of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 15, 2017. He has been dressing up as Santa Claus for the past five years, after attending a Santa Claus School. #
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Read moreMunicipal workers decorate a tree for New Year and Christmas celebrations in a park during a heavy snowfall in central Kiev, Ukraine, on December 18, 2017. #
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