MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house in Macleod on December 19, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Residents across Melbourne are lighting their property's with Christmas lights in the build up to Christmas Day.
A couple takes a photo with Christmas illuminations on a street in downtown Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
People visit the Christmas market in Metz, eastern France on December 19, 2010 after heavy snow falls. The snowstorm that brought the chaos in transport through Europe was moving slowly south over Europe, but the cold weather was expected to continue across much of the continent into next week.
Christmas illuminations are lit on a street in downtown Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
A giant Christmas Tree stand in the center dome of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, as shoppers enjoy special store opening hours for Christmas on Sunday Dec. 19, 2010.
This handout photo taken on December 19, 2010 and provided by Coca-Cola shows people watching the company's Christmas trucks driving past in Berlin in a 500 meter long Christmas convoy. The annual event is a promotional activity by the drinks company.
People gather at Castle Square with a giant Christmas Tree in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
People walk under Christmas lights in the capital city Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
Peopel line the street watching the floats during a Christmas parade along Kurfurstendamm on December 19, 2010 in Berlin. The annual event is a promotional activity by a drinks company.
A woman in costume stands on a float during a Christmas parade in Panama City, Sunday Dec. 19, 2010.
A mother and child look at Christmas decorations for sale along a street in Damascus December 19, 2010.
Peopel line the street watching the floats during a Christmas parade along Kurfurstendamm on December 19, 2010 in Berlin. The annual event is a promotional activity by a drinks company.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house in Macleod on December 19, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Residents across Melbourne are lighting their property's with Christmas lights in the build up to Christmas Day.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house in Macleod on December 19, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Residents across Melbourne are lighting their property's with Christmas lights in the build up to Christmas Day.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Christmas festive lights are displayed on a house in Macleod on December 19, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Residents across Melbourne are lighting their property's with Christmas lights in the build up to Christmas Day.
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