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| December 13, 2010 |
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
In many places around the world, it is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Santas are making appearances from Beijing to Beirut, and the traditions of the season can be seen all over - the trees, the lights, the shoppers, the devout and more. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs of people enjoying and celebrating this year's Christmas Season as it hits full swing. [Editor's note: This year, I'll be inviting you to submit your own Christmas 2010 photos, starting December 26th. Details coming soon, here and on Twitter (@big_picture)] (37 photos total)

People stand in 30 Rockefeller Plaza looking at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree after it is illuminated at the annual lighting ceremony November 30, 2010 in New York City. Crowds of thousands gathered to watch the lighting of the 12-ton, 74-foot tall Norway spruce in one of New York's cherished holiday rituals. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #

The Choir of King's College Cambridge conduct a rehearsal of their Christmas Eve service of "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" in King's College Chapel on December 11, 2010 in Cambridge, England. The choir's performance, traditionally held on Christmas Eve, was introduced in 1918 and is broadcast to millions of people around the world. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) #

Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa head down the slope Sunday, Dec. 5. 2010 as part of the 11th annual Santa Sunday at Sunday River in Newry, Maine. Participants get a free lift ticket if they dress as Santa and donate $10 or more to the Bethel Rotary Club's annual toy drive. (AP Photo/Joel Page) #

Journey Skierski, 7, chooses a new bicycle and helmet during the Christmas tree lighting event at Texas Motor Speedway on December 7, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas. Speedway Childrens Charities, Chalmer McWilliams and Texas Air Systems provided 100 children's bicycles to selected families at the event. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway) #

Chinese police break up a group of nearly 100 foreigners taking part in SantaCon - a worldwide event that sees people don Santa's familiar red suit and white-brimmed hat and make merry in cities around the world - in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China on December 11, 2010. The Santas were ejected from Tiananmen Square. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) #

Johanna Heller, dressed as a gold-foiled Christ Child, recites the traditional prologue for the opening ceremony of Germany's oldest Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) in Nuremberg, Germany on November 26, 2010. The first official record of this pre-Christmas market dates back to 1628. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle) #

Fire from a fireplace consumes a staged room during a holiday safety live fire demonstration on December 9, 2010 in Menlo Park, California. The Menlo Park fire department held their annual holiday safety demonstration to promote fire safety during the holidays. Demonstrations using live fire showed how quickly fires can consume a home when a dry Christmas tree comes in contact with fire or candles are left unattended. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #

A walrus named "Nuka" snacks on a holiday cake at the New York Aquarium in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Dec. 6, 2010. Aside from being a tasty snack, the cake serves as an animal enrichment exercise. Aquarium staff introduce unusual items into an animals environment from time to time in order to provide it with mental and physical stimulation. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher) #

A woman tests the lights of Christmas decorations beside her son sleeping inside their makeshift stall along a busy street in Manila, Philippines on December 11, 2010. The Philippines celebrates one of the longest Christmas seasons in the world starting with dawn masses on December 16 and ending with the feast of the Epiphany in January. (REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo) #

Glass maker and blower Will Shakspeare makes glass baubles in his workshop at Shakspeare Glass and Gallery on December 10, 2010 in Taunton, England. The traditional glass maker based in Somerset is currently hand making over 100 glass baubles a day to deal with the Christmas demand. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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