Sparkling holiday lights spread Christmas cheer around the world

A mother and daughter in a light tunnel at the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton, Mass., on Dec. 17, 2022.

Visitors at a Christmas light fair in Abuja on Dec. 22. 

A street vendor carries lights outside a Christmas light fair at the Abraham Kriel Children's home in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Dec. 22.

Decorated homes in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 8.

Dyker Heights' seasonal lights took off in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and stayed on even at the height of the pandemic in 2020, residents said. The light show has become a pit stop for tour buses along with the likes of Rockefeller Center and Times Square.

Members of the St. Paul's choir during a photocall at the cathedral on Dec. 23. 

Annaberg-Buchholz's Christmas market lights up the snowy city center on Dec. 13.

A couple poses for a selfie in one of the luminous installations in Leggiuno on the shores of Lake Maggiore on Dec. 13.

Christmas lights outside the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira on Dec. 1.

A member of the artistic team admires a sound and light art installation at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool on Dec. 1.

A Christmas tree in a shopping center in Hollywood on Dec. 22.

Cars drive past Christmas and New Year decorations in downtown Tbilisi on Dec. 20.

A man selling flashing flower garlands watches as a group of people pose for photos by a Christmas tree at Lisbon's downtown Comercio Square on Dec. 22.

A Christmas tree made of camouflage nets draws a small crowd in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Dec.19.

Visitors at a light fair in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Dec. 22.

A family poses in front of Christmas and New Year decorations in Moscow on Dec. 19.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after its lighting ceremony on Nov. 30. 

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