These stunning Christmas trees from around the world are lighting up December
Beautiful Christmas trees and winter holiday decorations from around the world, from New York City to Athens.
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A man and a woman, left, walk by seasonal lighting decorations at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, north of Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
People look at seasonal lighting decorations at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, north of Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A man rides a motorcycle taxi past Christmas decorations on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man rides on a bicycle past Christmas decorations on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People walk amid the New Year decorations installed in a garden outside of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Visitors walk through an alley decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities at VDNKh, the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Festive lights adorn the facade of the Hungarian National Gallery in Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, on the third Sunday of Advent. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
A giant Elf On The Shelf is displayed at a local shopping plaza, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
A diver, center, dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs for photographers during an event to promote an upcoming Christmas festival at an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs for photographers during an event to promote an upcoming Christmas festival at an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People photograph Christmas lights stretch along a residential street in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
People visit a Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People walk beneath Christmas lights decoration, in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
A woman takes a selfie inside a Christmas light installation, in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
A performer attends a light show at Ala-Too Square decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
A view of Nevsky prospect, the central avenue decorated prior to incoming Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Lights adorn boats at the Riverplace Marina before a Christmas Ships Parade on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
A 27-meter fir tree from the Ultimo valley in South Tyrol, Italy, is lit up as Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A nativity scene designed and crafted in Nocera Inferiore and Sarno in southern Italy, is lit up in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, Dec.15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A large inflatable Santa Claus decorates the stall of a Christmas tree dealer in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The Antwerp Cathedral backdrops a giant canopy of lights in the historical center of Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A woman stands beside Christmas lanterns and lights for sale in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People watch a multimedia light show during the "Country of Light" festival at the Palace Square, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People watch a multimedia light show during the "Country of Light" festival at the Palace Square, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A supermoon, the last full moon of the year, rises up on the sky behind a Christmas celebrations wheel in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
People experience the holiday lights at the Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Fireworks go off during the illumination of a giant Christmas tree set in front of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Visitors enjoy holiday lights on display in downtown St. Joseph, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
People experience the holiday lights at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
The traditional lighting up ceremony takes place for the annual Norwegian gifted Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
Palestinians take part in a Christmas tree–lighting event in Manger Square, next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Jesus Christ ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The Kremlin Wall, the Spasskaya Tower, Red Square, the GUM department store, the St. Basil's Cathedral and the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge over the Moscow River are decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities in Moscow, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri lights up a giant Christmas tree in central Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People photograph Christmas lights in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People enjoy the holiday lights on the grounds of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Washington, D.C. Temple, in Kensington, Md., on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
People gather to listen to a concert as the Albanian capital illuminates its Christmas tree at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)
People attend a night light show in Lyon, central France, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
City Hall is illuminated for the holidays in Philadelphia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People walk in front of an illuminated Christmas tree in a street in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People stand near in front of a Christmas tree displayed at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People enjoy their time at a Christmas Market near an illuminated Christmas tree at the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A view of the decorated Lomonosovsky bridge spanning the Fontanka River prior to the upcoming Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Sao Paulo's Cathedral is illuminated to mark the holiday season in Sao Paulo, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Visitors take a selfie as they stand on an escalator adorned with Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People gather to photograph the Christmas tree illumination at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)
People sit in traffic as holiday lights illuminate in Haifa , Israel, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
People pose for pictures on a bridge with holiday decorations at a Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People walk on a bridge decorated with coloured lights at a Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Fireworks explode over the floating Christmas tree at Botafogo beach as it is lit for the holiday season in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A floating Christmas tree is illuminated at Botafogo beach to mark the holiday season in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit for the season on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 in New York. The 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from East Greenbush, NY, is decorated with 57,350 multi-colored, energy-efficient LED lights and a Swarovski crystal star. (Diane Bondareff/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer)
The 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit for the season on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 in New York. The 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from East Greenbush, NY, is decorated with 57,350 multi-colored, energy-efficient LED lights and a Swarovski crystal star. (Diane Bondareff/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer)
Light installations are displayed at the Christmas light trail at the Kew Gardens in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Light installations are displayed at the Christmas light trail at the Kew Gardens in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Skaters use the ice rink in the City Park at Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
Skaters use the ice rink in the City Park at Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
A woman takes pictures of Christmas decorations set in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Holiday lights surround a roadway at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on light-up night, in Farmington, Pa., Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Eiffel Tower is seen through Christmas tree decorations on the rooftops of the department store Les Galeries Lafayette, in Paris, Monday, Dec1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
People stroll at a Christmas market around the Grand place in Lille, France, Friday Nov, 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Montreal is aglow with lights as winter sets in and the holidays approach. (photo: Cosmo Santamaria/CTV News)
Montreal is aglow with lights as winter sets in and the holidays approach. (photo: Cosmo Santamaria/CTV News)
A large cowboy hat sits in the plaza at Sundance Square as visitors attend a Christmas tree ligting ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Marlon Rangel, left, and his girlfriend Evelyn Rodriguez, right, make a selfie as they stand in front of a christmas tree at Sundance Square Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
People ride on a carousel at a Christmas market in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A girl reacts as she sits in Santa Claus's sleigh at a Christmas market in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Holiday lights illuminate the Christmas Factory at Technopolis City of Athens near the Acropolis, background center, in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
People gather under rainfall as the city of Athens illuminated its Christmas tree at Syntagma Square, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Christmas tree is lit during a ceremony at the Zamkowy square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Visitors attend a Christmas lighting ceremony at the Zamkowy square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
The Capitol Christmas tree, a 53-foot red fir from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada, is illuminated in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
People stand next to a Christmas tree light display in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Children ride a carousel at a Christmas fair during the lighting ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The National Christmas tree is lit during the lighting ceremony at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People skate on the Christmas skating rink at the Rotuses square in the Old Town in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lights illuminate the traditional Christmas Market that was opened at 'Marienplatz' square in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Lights illuminate the Christmas market at the Gendarmen Markt square in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Women pose for a selfie in front of a Christmas tree at the Christmas fair opened at Manezhnaya square near Red Square in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Two women dressed in pre-revolutionary clothes pose in a late 19th-century style photo studio at the Christmas fair opened at Manezhnaya square near Red Square in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
An aerial view shows the Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
The Alberta legislature hosted its annual ceremony to light up the big Christmas tree on the grounds for the holiday season on Dec. 3, 2025. (Sean McClune/CTV News Edmonton)
The Alberta legislature hosted its annual ceremony to light up the big Christmas tree on the grounds for the holiday season on Dec. 3, 2025. (Sean McClune/CTV News Edmonton)
Visitors take photos of a Christmas tree decorated with red heart-shaped lights for the upcoming Christmas season in front of the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Lights are up at Lotte World Adventure theme park decorated for the upcoming Christmas season in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
