PHOTOS: Holiday Lights from around the world
Cities from around the world have begun to light up as the Christmas approaches.
Children play in artificial snow as they visit NightGarden, an annual holiday experience featuring thousands of lights and special effects, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
People look at the illuminations at the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
A light display seen across the lake towards the Palm House at the Christmas light trail as it returns for its12th year with new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A light display seen towards the Temperate House at the Christmas light trail as it returns for its12th year with new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Children view the Christmas light trail as it returns for its12th year with new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Visitors walk through the 'Cathedral' on the Christmas light trail as it returns for its 12th year, with a showcase of new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman takes a picture at the 'Christmas Presents' on the Christmas light trail as it returns for its 12th year with a showcase of new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman takes a picture at the 'Christmas Presents' on the Christmas light trail as it returns for its 12th year with a showcase of new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The traditional 45 meter high Dortmund Christmas tree, one of the world's largest, is illuminated for the first time this year at the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The pleasure garden and the water palace are illuminated at the opening of the "Christmas Garden" light show in the grounds of Pillnitz Palace, Dresden, Germany, Thursday Nov. 21, 2024. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
People take pictures with the Christmas tree at the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour in West Kowloon Cultural District as the city prepares for the upcoming Christmas in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Lights illuminate the traditional Christmas Market that was opened in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People crowd the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
Illuminations of the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People crowd the Christmas market in front of Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People walk through a Christmas light trail during a lighting test of the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Christmas decorations and lights in Tivoli in Copenhagen, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Christmas decorations and lights in Tivoli in Copenhagen, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Christmas decorations and lights in Tivoli in Copenhagen, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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