A general view of the sunrise over Hawes, Wensleydale, UK on November 24, 2014. (Photo by Neil Squires/PA Wire)

Capturing the true essence of Christmas, Lapland is the perfect place to take your family for the holiday period. Situated in the arctic regions of northern Sweden, Finland and Norway, there are a villages in each country around where you can enjoy the full festive experience.

A worker stack bricks on his head at a brick factory in Lalitpur January 12, 2015. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

An artist draws a tattoo on a woman's arm during a tattoo convention in Ljubljana April 18, 2015. (Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters)

Businesswoman and vendor Sonia Maria Paypay sells clothing at a stand at the commercial zone of Gamarra in Lima, April 16, 2015. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

People use a board to travel on a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Baghdad, Iraq, October 31 2015. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)

Women in costumes walk as they participate in Halloween celebrations in the downtown of Seoul, South Korea, October 31, 2015. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

A victim under a blanket lays dead outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday November 13, 2015. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)