A Ferris wheel and a pyramid rotate at the Cottbus on November 28, 2022 Christmas market of 1000 stars in the late afternoon (shot with long exposure). This Christmas market on the Altmarkt in Cottbus city center is still open until 23.12.2022. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/Avalon)





A girls uses her mobile phone as she rides on a horse of a merry-go-round on the Christmas Market in Frankfurt, Germany, November 25, 2022. In cities across Europe, officials are wrestling with a choice this Christmas. Dim lighting plans to send a message of energy conservation and solidarity with citizens squeezed by both higher energy costs and inflation or let the lights blaze in a message of defiance after two years of pandemic-suppressed Christmas seasons, creating a mood that retailers hope loosen holiday purses. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Spectators gather to attend the Champs Elysee Avenue illumination ceremony for the Christmas season, in Paris, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Lewis Joly/AP Photo)





Moored yachts in Preston Marine, Lancashire, UK on December 1, 2022. A Christmas night switch on for the crowds lining the dock wall as berth holders light up their boats and enjoy an evening sail under Festive Lights. (Photo by Alamy Live News/Media Drum Images)





Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and LL Cool J react after lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, near the White House in Washington, Wednesday, November 30, 2022. (Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Photo)





Visitors stand in front of the illuminated Christmas tree at the Winter Wonder and Christmas Market on the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, November 25, 2022. (Photo by Olivier Matthys/AP Photo)





People watch from a nearby hotel as the Christmas lights at the Country Club Plaza shopping district are switched on amidst fireworks Thursday, November 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. The Thanksgiving night ceremony featuring more than 200,000 bulbs covering a 15-block area has been a tradition for more 90 years at the shopping center marking the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)





The Christmas tree is lit at Rockefeller Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2022. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Reuters)





Christmas lights are displayed on Kongens Nytorv and at the Hotel d'Angleterre in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via Reuters)





Regent Street is illuminated with Christmas lights, in London, Britain on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters)





A visitor takes pictures of “The Light Before Christmas: The Angels Are Coming!” Light art installation during a press preview at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, Britain, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Louiza Vradi/Reuters)





Visitors view light installations as part of the “Enchanted Woodland” illuminated trail at Syon Park in London, Britain on November 26, 2022. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





The Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Plaza is seen during the Lighting ceremony in New York City on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP Photo)





People visit “Nuernberger Christkindlesmarkt” (Christ Child Market), one of the world's oldest Christmas markets, in Nuremberg, Germany on November 25, 2022. (Photo by Heiko Becker/Reuters)





A theatrical performer on stilts delights children on the first day of the Christmas market at Bebelplatz square on November 21, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Christmas markets are opening across Germany this week for the first time without any restrictions since the coronavirus pandemic began. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)





Winter Wonderland on December 1, 2022 in Hyde Park, London. A high-flying photographer has captured of London at Christmas – by taking pictures while hanging out of a helicopter. (Photo by Jeffrey Milstein/South West News Service)





General Impression of the Christmas market prior to the inauguration on November 25, 2022 in Nuremberg, Germany. Christmas markets are opening across Germany this week for the first time without any restrictions since the coronavirus pandemic began. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)





Wooden figures stand on several floors in a Christmas pyramid at the annual Christmas market at Alexanderplatz, close to the Berliner Fensehturm (TV-Tower), one of many in the city, on November 30, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Christmas markets have been opening across Germany for the first time without any restrictions since the coronavirus pandemic began. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)