In anticipation of the Christmas holidays, which are already quite close, in different countries around the world lit up bright holiday lights. The variety of festive illuminations in various cities around the world from New York to Singapore, you will see in this slide-show…

Salute crowned the world’s largest Christmas tree in water 5 December at the opening ceremony in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro. (Antonio Scorza / AFP – Getty Images)

Christmas lights adorn the Diagonal Avenue, Barcelona. (Julian Martin / EPA)

Christmas decorations glow in the old city of Vienna, Austria.  City "on fire" November 27 in anticipation of holidays. (Joe Klamar / AFP – Getty Images)

Christmas tree with lights and garlands on Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on December 5. Artificial tree is 111 meters in height. (Alfredo Estrella / AFP – Getty Images)

Passers-by go under the Christmas lights on Oxford Street shortly after their formal inclusion on 3 November in London. The two main shopping streets in the Vest End of London on Oxford Street and Regent Street were switched on simultaneously actors Jim Carrey and Colin Firth. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

People gathered around the Children’s Museum, decorated with Christmas lights in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 1.  More than 500 lights illuminate the museum during the Christmas season. (Juan Carlos Ulate / Reuters)

Sleeping Beauty Castle is lit during the official opening of the show "The Magic Christmas" at Disneyland Paris on November 7. (Francois Durand / Getty Images)

People walk past the Christmas decorations and lights in the town of Varna east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia on December 7.

Christmas market in Frankfurt, opened on 25 November. The traditional market will be open until 22 December. (Martin Oeser / AFP – Getty Images)

Children photographed interior 6-story Christmas tree at the shopping center in Singapore on November 26. (How Hwee Young / EPA)

The spire is decorated with red cloth to be similar to the largest candle in the world at the Christmas market in slots, Germany. The candle is made of a stone tower, 36 meters high and covered with more than 1000 meters of fabric.  About 140 light bulbs illuminate the candle on top in the form of flame. (Fredrik Von Erichsen / EPA)

Christmas decorations adorn the street in a suburb of New Dzheydeh, Beirut, Lebanon, November 29. (Wael Hamzeh / EPA)

77th Annual Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center lit up on December 2 in New York. (Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters)

The Parliament building is decorated with garlands and Christmas tree in Tbilisi on December 6. (David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters)

House in New Orleans is decorated with Christmas lights in the Upper Nayns Ward. People across the country immersed in a festive atmosphere as we approach Christmas. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Christmas lights are burning along the Champs Elysees in Paris on 23 November. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

People passing by the river Medellin in the first day it appears on the Christmas decorations in Medellin, Spain, December 5. (Albeiro Lopera / Reuters)

Spectators walk past Fifth Avenue before the start of the 77th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in New York. (Stephen Chernin / AP)

People came to the official ceremony included the Christmas tree in front of Royal Palace in Warsaw on 5 December. (Kacper Pempel / Reuters)

The lights in the form of Christmas tree decorated with slopes of Mount Indzhino in Gubbio in the district of Perugia in Italy on December 7. Tree in the 650 meters in length will remain on the mountain until January 10. (Pietro Crocchioni / EPA)

Capitol Christmas tree and home country on Dec. 8 in Washington, DC, during her official lighting. (Evan Vucci / AP)