This Is What Christmas Looks Like Around The World

From Dubai to Dublin, the holiday season is seen as an excuse to break out the festive décor.


Australia

North Bondi Surf Club life-savers pose in front of their Christmas decorations at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, a popular Christmas Day tourist destination.


Brazil

Brazilians paddle past the world's largest floating Christmas tree in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tree is 278-feet tall and features over 3 million light bulbs.


China

A model of Santa Claus bending forwards to kiss Mrs. Claus outside a shopping mall in Xuchang, Henan province of China.


Côte d'Ivoire

A Christmas tree in the Plateau district of Abidjan during the holiday season.


The Dominican Republic

A Christmas tree on a street in the capital city, Santo Domingo.


India

A church in Indore, India is illuminated with holiday lights. Christmas is celebrated with fanfare and zeal throughout India by people of all religions and faiths.


Ireland

Shoppers walk under Christmas lights near Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland.


Italy

Christmas lights and decorations made with white and red umbrellas hanging in the Via del Pelligrino in central Rome.


Russia

Streets are lit ahead of Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Moscow.


The Philippines

Thousands of Filipinos attend the lighting of the staggering 86-foot Christmas tree at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. It has been a Yuletide attraction in Manila since 1981.


United Arab Emirates

Emirati women look at Christmas decorations at one of Dubai's main shopping malls.


United States of America

The famous Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in New York City. The annual tree lighting ceremony has been a tradition since 1933.