Spectacular holiday light displays are going up around the world.
Christmas trees have been illuminated from Brussels to Hong Kong. In the United States, President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, decked out the White House with some whimsical decorations to evoke the “peace and light” of the season.
Here are some snapshots of the season:
A Christmas tree is illuminated during a light show at the Grand-Place in Brussels on November 29, 2024 to mark the start of the winter and Christmas period. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)
People walk past traditional Christmas lights at the Monserrate Mountain in Bogota on November 29, 2024. (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)
A man takes photographs of 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)
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)
People crowd the Christmas market in front of Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
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 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)
Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Christmas trees stand beside the waterfront of 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)
The traditional 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)
People stroll at the Christmas market that opened Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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 National Christmas tree is lit during the lighting ceremony at Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People stroll on the Christmas-illuminated Gedimino Avenue during the lighting ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Choir sing carols as 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)
A candle, which is an illuminated medieval tower, shines in the historic city center of Schlitz, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People watch the Christmas decorations in the Old Town in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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)
A Christmas train rides through the Old Town in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A woman with a child walks through Christmas-illuminated street in the Old Town in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People take photos of the Christmas tree at the Christmas market at Old Town Square in Prague on November 30, 2024. (Photo by MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images)
Visitors walk in the Christmas market celebrating its 30th anniversary and displayed for the first time at the Place des Quinconces, in Bordeaux, south-western France, on November 30, 2024. (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Visitors walk in the Christmas market celebrating its 30th anniversary and displayed for the first time at the Place des Quinconces, in Bordeaux, south-western France, on November 30, 2024. (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)
A photo shows the Croatian National Theatre decorated with seasonal lights and sculptures at the opening of the Advent Zagreb Christmas market event in Zagreb, on November 30, 2024. The Croatian capital’s Advent Zagreb, hosting a Christmas market, city decorations and various cultural and holiday events, is held from November 30 to December 7, 2024. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR/AFP via Getty Images)
Visitors gather around a Christmas tree displayed at the Spanish Steps, in front of the Trinita dei Monti, in Rome on December 1, 2024. (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
People admire Josef Glogger’s Christmas-decorated house and garden, in Balzhausen near Guenzburg, southern Germany, on December 2, 2024. Glogger began his Christmas illumination 20 years ago, creating every figure himself. Now, his garden features 45,000 lights. He and his wife worked on this project together every year. After her death last year, Glogger decided to continue the tradition, spending six weeks setting it up and sending greetings to his wife in the sky. Over the past years, his decorations have attracted visitors and raised donations for cancer research. (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
Holiday decorations are seen in the Cross Hall during a media preview of the 2024 holiday decorations at the White House on December 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. The theme for this year’s White House holiday decorations is “Season of Peace and Light.” (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The annual Christmas market surrounded by medieval architecture on December 2, 2024 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. Germany’s Christmas traditional markets have opened nationwide for the holiday season. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
A Christmas-decorated house is seen in Sulzemoos-Wiedenzhausen, southern Germany, on December 2, 2024. (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
People admire Josef Glogger’s Christmas-decorated house and garden, in Balzhausen near Guenzburg, southern Germany, on December 2, 2024. (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
An attendee with luminous balloons stands in front of 2025 sign at the opening of the Advent Zagreb Christmas market event in Zagreb, on November 30, 2024. The Croatian capital’s Advent Zagreb, hosting a Christmas market, city decorations and various cultural and holiday events, is held from November 30 to December 7, 2024. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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