Christmas lights around the world — your pictures

'Santa just landed at Paulista Avenue, São Paulo, Brazil.' Hopefully he's made it back to Lapland by now. Photograph: champlin/GuardianWitness

We received more shots of Regent Street than any other. 'London is always great to walk around, particularly at Christmas,' writes Fi_Bee of this rainy shot. Photograph: Fi_Bee/GuardianWitness

The Galeries Lafayette in Paris — a sophisticated spot for a spot of last-minute Christmas shopping. Photograph: ge106/GuardianWitness

From The Pogues to Home Alone 2, there's no place on Earth more Christmassy than New York City. Photograph: FoodEatLove/GuardianWitness

A wonderful image from a reader in Copenhagen, with a Danish Santa lighting the town tree in an all-action fashion. Photograph: ID2909420/GuardianWitness

'The glistening Christmas tree makes the Colosseum look more towering and spectacular than ever,' writes geekygeek. We couldn't agree more. Photograph: geekygeek/GuardianWitness

From the international to the suburban, with this west London effort from Albertina McNeill, who has spotted many exuberant displays in the borough of Ealing. 'Inflatable snowmen appear to be really popular, but I have no idea where they buy them; there must be a secret inflatable snowman shop somewhere,' she writes. Photograph: Albertina McNeill/GuardianWitness

And while we're on a suburban jaunt, here's some 'illuminated humbuggery' courtesy of the_lemur. Celebratory *and* grumpy — what could be more festive? Photograph: the_lemur/GuardianWitness

Slewish writes to explain this image from Los Alumbrados, Medellín, Colombia: 'Every year the city puts on a series of huge and elaborate light installations all along the Medellín river, which flows through the middle of the city. Each year the theme is different, and this year it was barrios, or neighbourhoods.' Photograph: Slewish/GuardianWitness

We received a plethora of images from Romania. Here's an atmospheric shot of Bucharest's Christmas market. Photograph: AlexandraMarinescu/GuardianWitness

A lovely image of carols by the Royal Exchange, London, flanked by a very pretty tree. Photograph: jrogel/GuardianWitness

Finally, this charmingly understated effort comes from Stranraer, Scotland. 'Says it all,' writes Rfitzwater. Photograph: Rfitzwater/GuardianWitness