A woman looks at Christmas lights on a street in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia
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People dressed as Father Christmas and angels pose during a meeting at a Christmas market in Berlin
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Workers set up a Christmas tree in front of the Independence monument in Kiev, Ukraine. The 35-metre-high tree will consist of branches of about 2,000 trees when finished.
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Fireworks explode over a floating Christmas tree in the Lagoa neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A man in a Santa costume climbs up the facade of the Kollhoff-Tower at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin
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Makers of nativity scenes meet at the main square in Kracow, Poland, during the annual nativity scenes contest
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People dressed as Father Frost, the central figure in Russia’s New Year festival and the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, walk along the street during a contest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk
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A Christmas tree is installed on Red Square in Moscow, with St Basil’s Cathedral in the background
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A worker decorates a 46-metre-high (151 feet) artificial Christmas tree in the centre of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk
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An illumination resembling a giant Christmas tree is set up on the monument to St George at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia
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Children play in fake snow around a giant Ferrero edible Christmas tree in Covent Garden, London. The tree contains over 10,000 Ferrero chocolates, weighs 200 kg, and stands 11 ft high.
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Christmas-mad Paul Toole of Wells, Somerset, poses in front of his house which has nearly 40,000 Christmas lights on it. The lights have cost him nearly £15,000 since he bought his first ones in 1998. He has raised over £10,000 for charity in that time.
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Two children look around a house which is decorated and lit up with Christmas lights to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in the village of Poynton near Stockport
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People gather to look at 250,000 LED lights displayed in a field in Tokyo, Japan
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Santa Clauses and angels are briefed by a more experienced Santa before heading out to Christmas parties and people’s homes in Dresden, Germany
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A Santa has his beard trimmed during a visit to the hairdressers at the Cutting Room, Leicester
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More than 1,000 people dressed up as Santa Claus sit together on the steps of the Sydney Opera House after finishing the annual “Santa Fun Run” for charity
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A giant illuminated Santa Claus stands on the side of a road in Berlin, Germany
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