Bystanders admire a Christmas display along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17th, 2017. The illuminations, which encompass some 500,000 LED lights, will be displayed until December 24th.
(Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)
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Runners dressed in Father Christmas costumes arrive to take part in the annual five kilometer Santa Dash in Liverpool, England, on December 3rd, 2017.
Jake Glaser, dressed as Santa Claus, skateboards at Venice Beach on December 13th, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.
A keeper clad in a Santa Claus costume feeds Magellanic penguins in a water tank as part of Christmas events at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park.
An orthodox Jewish Israeli walks past an inflatable figure of Santa Claus in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem on December 20th, 2017.
Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos.
African Heritage Dancers dance to the African Heritage Drummers during a Kwanzaa celebration at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.
