Christmas decorations around the world

A Christmas tree with lights and fireworks in Mexico City Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/guardian.co.uk

A woman walks past Christmas decorations in front of a shopping mall in Beijing, China Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk

Christmas decorations in Cali, Colombia Photograph: Jaime Saldarriaga/guardian.co.uk

An 85-foot blue spruce from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona in Washington, DC. It is decorated with over 5000 ornaments crafted by people across Arizona and strung with energy-saving LED lights Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/guardian.co.uk

Christmas lights at a house in the northern German city of Calle Photograph: Stefan Simonsen/guardian.co.uk

Christmas lights illuminate the Diagonal Avenue in Barcelona, Spain Photograph: Julian Martin/guardian.co.uk

Christmas lights on houses in Trinity Close, Burnham-on-Sea, UK, which has become a popular road for members of the public to visit after dusk, wishing to see the colourful seasonal light displays created by the residents on their homes Photograph: Barry Batchelor/guardian.co.uk

Decorations over the famous Kartner street in Vienna Photograph: Joe Klamar/guardian.co.uk

A Christmas tree madem from lights decorates the slopes of Mount Ingino in Gubbio, Italy Photograph: Pietro Crocchioni/guardian.co.uk

Festive lights adorn a detached house in Melksham, UK. The lights, which involve over 115,000 bulbs in a display that is estimated to be worth over 30,000 GBP, are the brainchild of householder Alex Goodwind Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk

The Champs Elysees in Paris Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/guardian.co.uk

Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, New York is famous for its elaborate Christmas decorations Photograph: Erik Pendzich/guardian.co.uk

The illuminated house of Vic Moszcyznski in Sonning, UK. Mr Mosczynski was handed a three-year order banning him from illuminating his West Drive home with thousands of lights. The spectacle had helped raise more than GBP 10,000 for charity but had resulted in complaints of anti-social behaviour and an increase in crime Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/guardian.co.uk

The turning on of the annual Christmas lights on Oxford Street, London Photograph: Adrian Brooks/guardian.co.uk

An illuminated Christmas decoration of an angel overlooks Bogota, Colombia Photograph: John Vizcaino/guardian.co.uk

A man walks near trees illuminated with Christmas lights in Skopje, Macedonia Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/guardian.co.uk

Dolls representing Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya and supporters inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, surrounded by soldiers, stand as part of a Christmas decoration in a mall in Tegucigalpa Photograph: Arnulfo Franco/guardian.co.uk