Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg on November 27th, 2017. Officials have tightened security at the market, which opened almost one year after the terror attack at a Berlin Christmas market in December of 2016.
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Bystanders admire a Christmas display along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17th, 2017.
Runners dressed in Father Christmas costumes arrive to take part in the annual five kilometer Santa Dash in Liverpool, England, on December 3rd, 2017.
Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany.
Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos.
Performers carry a giant graffiti ball during the opening Mass of the Kirchentag (Church Day) festival in Berlin, Germany, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, on May 24th, 2017.
An orthodox Jewish Israeli walks past an inflatable figure of Santa Claus in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem on December 20th, 2017.
