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.
Two men carry freshly cut conifers to be used as Christmas trees at the Gut Kuehren plantation in Kuehren near Kiel, northern Germany.
Runners dressed in Father Christmas costumes arrive to take part in the annual five kilometer Santa Dash in Liverpool, England, on December 3rd, 2017.
Workers help prepare a Christmas tree for sale at a Holiday Sale Christmas Tree lot on November 29th, 2018, in Miami, Florida.
An employee at the job center in the city of Rostock, Germany, inspects candidates for a position at the center's Santa Claus agency on December 11th, 2018.
Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos.
