Let there be light!

Let there be light!

Categories: Holidays and Festivals

During Christmas, the streets and houses lit with colorful lights, Christmas trees grow on the main squares of cities, as people rush for gifts.

(13 photos)

Let there be light!

Let there be light!

1. People walk under Christmas lights at Puerta del Sol in Madrid. Every year, the Spanish capital is decorated with beautiful holiday lights, but this year, streets have been decorated with the same lights due to the economic crisis. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images)

Let there be light!

2. The world's largest Christmas tree on water in Rio de Janeiro. Its height is 84 meters, and illuminate its 3.3 million lights. (Rocio Badiola / EPA)

Let there be light!

3. Salisbury Cathedral candles light choristers during the annual procession "from darkness to light" in Salisbury, England. The service begins in complete darkness, and then in the West wing light the main candle. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

Let there be light!

4. Here is a 12-ton Christmas tree at Rockefeller center in new York. (Stan Honda / AFP - Getty Images)

Let there be light!

5. The Christmas decorated house on the street of the German town Calle in Bremen. The inscription reads: "merry Christmas". (Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters)

Let there be light!

6. She takes the salute at the ceremony of the lighting of the Christmas tree in the centre of Sofia. (Stoyan Nenov / Reuters)

Let there be light!

7. About 70 000 people admire the illuminations in the shopping center of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The annual light festival, which began in 1995 to raise the spirits of the people after the earthquake, will last until December 12. (AFP — Getty Images)

Let there be light!

8. Brothers 3-year-old Beckman, 6-year-old Preston and 5-year-old Westley Giang sitting next to decorative garlands from his home in Brea, California. (Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register via AP)

Let there be light!

9. Christmas lights in the shape of the Eiffel tower, near the present (in the background) in Paris. (Mal Langsdon / Reuters)

Let there be light!

10. The girls go shopping on the street decorated South Molton Street in London. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

Let there be light!

11. Trumpeter in the tower of old town square in Prague. (David W Cerny / Reuters)

Let there be light!

12. Christmas lights in the centre of Vienna. (Lisi Niesner / Reuters)

Let there be light!

13. Christmas tree on the street in Berlin. (Wolfgang Kumm / EPA)

Keywords: Garlands | House | Tree | Square | Gifts | Christmas | Light | Street

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