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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

Christmas lights illuminate Vienna's city centre Am Graben, November 24 2011.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

German bicycle designer Didi Senft, centre, also known as 'El Diablo', and his grandchildren Luis, left, and Tom pose in front of a giant Christmas candle arch in the town of Storkow, about 50km south-east of Berlin, November 24 2011.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

Christmas illumination at Kurfuerstendamm shopping mall in Berlin, November 23 2011.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

An illuminated Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

Municipal workers decorate a Christmas tree in front of St. Vladimir Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia.


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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

A decorated Christmas tree is lighted up at a Christmas market on its opening day in Dortmund, November 21 2011. The Christmas tree of Dortmund is the largest in the world and is built with a scaffold, covered with 1700 Norway spruces, 40 000 lights and is 45m high.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

Models pose during the opening of a Christmas market at Schloss Charlottenburg palace in Berlin, November 21 2011.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

Children follow sheep wearing Christmas costumes at a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas holiday season at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, about 50km south of Seoul, November 24 2011.

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'Twas the month before Christmas: Gallery

A sheep wears a Christmas costume during a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas holiday season at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, about 50km south of Seoul, November 24 2011.


Photo: Reuters

November 25, and the countdown to December 25 is on, with colourful Christmas spectacles around the world.

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