MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 16: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house at The Boulevard Christmas lights display in the suburb of Ivanhoe on December 16, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Families from across Victoria descend on the suburb to see the residential display that attracts 10,000-20,000 people per night.
Christian pilgrims walk past Bethlehem's main Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank town's Manger Square on December 16, 2010 as scores of Christian pilgrims are preparing to gather in the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ to celebrate Christmas on December 25.
A Palestinian boy looks at a Santa Claus in a Christmas ornaments shop in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem, the place where Christians believe Jesus was born, on December 16, 2010 ahead of Christmas celebrations.
A Palestinian boy and his grandmother decorate a Christmas tree on their balcony overlooking Israel's controversial separation barrier in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem, the place where Christians believe Jesus was born, on December 16, 2010 ahead of Christmas celebrations.
Cars drive under Christmas lights above a street of Madrid on December 14, 2010. Streets of the capital are decked out in lights every year ahead of Christmas celebrations.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 16: Christmas festive lights and decorations are displayed on a house at The Boulevard Christmas lights display in the suburb of Ivanhoe on December 16, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Families from across Victoria descend on the suburb to see the residential display that attracts 10,000-20,000 people per night.
A Christmas tree which has been decked out with dollars 11 million U.S. (14.3 million euro) worth of gold and precious stones, stands under the dome of the Emirates Palace hotel, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. The hotel's general manager, Hans Olbertz, was quoted in local newspapers Thursday as saying the 43-foot (13-meter) faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones including diamonds and sapphires. The $11 million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 16: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house at The Boulevard Christmas lights display in the suburb of Ivanhoe on December 16, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Families from across Victoria descend on the suburb to see the residential display that attracts 10,000-20,000 people per night.
source: Daylife
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