Christmas markets and light installations changed the streets in major cities ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. The best places in the world to feel the festive spirit - in this photo gallery
Holiday spirit: City streets all over the world covered in sparkling lights
Take a look at the right places to enjoy Christmas spirit
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Festive decorations at the VDNKh exhibition centre and park ahead of the holiday season in Moscow, Russia
© Artyom Geodakyan/TASS A woman taking a picture of a Christmas tree over the Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea
© AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon Christmas tree and decorations illuminating the traditional Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic
© AP Photo/Petr David Josek Decorations for Christmas displayed over the Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea
© AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon People skating on an ice rink at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany
© EPA-EFE/HAYOUNG JEON Christmas tree made with LED lights shining in front of Milan's Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy
© AP Photo/Luca Bruno Workers are seen in a window moments after 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was illuminated in New York, USA
© AP Photo/Kathy Willens People walking by a Christmas tree at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland
© AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski People shopping for original German glass Christmas ornaments at the Christkindlmarket in downtown Chicago, USA
© AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh Shoppers crowding Victor Emmanuel II arcade in Milan, Italy
© AP Photo/Luca Bruno The cathedral and the festive lighting of a Christmas market are reflected in the evening in a shiny surface in Mainz, Germany
© Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa via AP New year decorations are seen by the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia
© Peter Kovalev/TASS Spectators watching a Christmas lights display in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan
© AP Photo/Jae C. Hong