This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
A person pushes a child in a stroller as they are silhouetted against holiday lights reflected on a pond in a park, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People watch a light show at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People watch a light show at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People stand on a bridge as Christmas lights illuminate the Darsena dei Navigli, the neighborhood named for the canals that run through this area of Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The moon sets beyond a Christmas tree on top of an office building, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The Doric columns of the floodlit, 5th Century BC Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis appear behind strings of Christmas street lights, in Athens, Greece, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
People walk at Syntagma square as the Christmas tree is illuminated in Athens, Greece, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A child plays among space-themed holiday lights near a replica of shuttle Independence at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Two children react to space-themed holiday lights at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
People walk among space-themed holiday lights at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
A 42-meter-high candle which is an illuminated medieval tower shines in the historic city centre of Schlitz, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A large inflatable Santa Claus decorates the stall of a Christmas tree dealer in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is seen at the tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Visitors are silhouetted as they make heart sign while they walk through "Courtyard of Love" as part of the Chicago Botanic Garden's 1.3-mile, sixth annual Lightscape holiday experience of light and music in Glencoe, Ill., Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Children play around a lit Christmas tree after the inauguration of the Christmas lighting in Campo Real, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Images of cartoon characters Wallace & Gromit created by British animation studio Aardman, are projected at the Battersea Power Station to celebrate the Christmas season, in London, Friday, Nov. 29 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People stroll on the Christmas illuminated Gedimino Avenue during the lighting ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The pleasure garden and the water palace are illuminated at the opening of the "Christmas Garden" light show in the grounds of Pillnitz Palace, Dresden, Germany, Thursday Nov. 21, 2024. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
People walk through a Christmas light trail during a lighting test of the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People take pictures with the Christmas tree at the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour in West Kowloon Cultural District as the city prepares for the upcoming Christmas in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People crowd the Christmas market in front of Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People look at the illuminations at the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People crowd the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
Illuminations of the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The National Christmas tree is lit during the lighting ceremony at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The traditional 45 meter high Dortmund Christmas tree, one of the world's largest, is illuminated for the first time this year at the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Lights illuminate the traditional Christmas Market that was opened in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A person pushes a child in a stroller as they are silhouetted against holiday lights reflected on a pond in a park, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People watch a light show at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People watch a light show at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People stand on a bridge as Christmas lights illuminate the Darsena dei Navigli, the neighborhood named for the canals that run through this area of Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The moon sets beyond a Christmas tree on top of an office building, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The Doric columns of the floodlit, 5th Century BC Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis appear behind strings of Christmas street lights, in Athens, Greece, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
People walk at Syntagma square as the Christmas tree is illuminated in Athens, Greece, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A child plays among space-themed holiday lights near a replica of shuttle Independence at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Two children react to space-themed holiday lights at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
People walk among space-themed holiday lights at Space Center Houston on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
A 42-meter-high candle which is an illuminated medieval tower shines in the historic city centre of Schlitz, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A large inflatable Santa Claus decorates the stall of a Christmas tree dealer in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is seen at the tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Visitors are silhouetted as they make heart sign while they walk through "Courtyard of Love" as part of the Chicago Botanic Garden's 1.3-mile, sixth annual Lightscape holiday experience of light and music in Glencoe, Ill., Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Children play around a lit Christmas tree after the inauguration of the Christmas lighting in Campo Real, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Images of cartoon characters Wallace & Gromit created by British animation studio Aardman, are projected at the Battersea Power Station to celebrate the Christmas season, in London, Friday, Nov. 29 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People stroll on the Christmas illuminated Gedimino Avenue during the lighting ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The pleasure garden and the water palace are illuminated at the opening of the "Christmas Garden" light show in the grounds of Pillnitz Palace, Dresden, Germany, Thursday Nov. 21, 2024. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
People walk through a Christmas light trail during a lighting test of the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People take pictures with the Christmas tree at the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour in West Kowloon Cultural District as the city prepares for the upcoming Christmas in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People crowd the Christmas market in front of Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People look at the illuminations at the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
People crowd the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
Illuminations of the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The National Christmas tree is lit during the lighting ceremony at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The traditional 45 meter high Dortmund Christmas tree, one of the world's largest, is illuminated for the first time this year at the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
