2. CHRISTMAS TREES FROM AROUND THE WORLD BPL – ESL December 20, 2013

3. DAVID CAMERON, THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, TURNS ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AT NO 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. LONDON

4. WORKERS IN BEIRUT DECORATE A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH THE MESSAGE “MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR” IN THREE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ARABIC. BEIRUT

5. AN EMPLOYEE OF JAPANESE JEWELER TANAKA KIKINZOKU JEWELRY UNVEILS A 150 MILLION YEN ($1.5 MILLION) CHRISTMAS TREE IN TOKYO. TOKYO

6. A TREE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GALLERIES LAFAYETTE DEPARTMENT STORE IN PARIS. PARIS

7. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHER ON THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MARKET OF FRANKFURT, GERMANY, THAT WAS OPENED WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE TREE. FRANKFURT

8. THAI WORKERS DECORATE A GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE IN A SHOPPING MALL IN BANGKOK. BANGKOK

9. PEOPLE GATHER IN FRONT OF THE ALMOST 100 FOOT HIGH TREE DURING THE LIGHTING CEREMONY IN CENTRAL SOFIA, BULGARIA. SOFIA

10. A CHRISTMAS TREE BUILT OF LEGO BRICKS IS ON DISPLAY AT ST. PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL STATION IN LONDON. LONDON

11. VISITORS WALK BY A GIANT CHRISTMAS PYRAMID AT THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN BERLIN. BERLIN

12. A WORKER INSTALLS A STEEL TREE OUTSIDE A SHOPPING MALL IN BEIJING. BEIJING

13. THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE IN NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK CITY

14. A STREET VENDOR DRESSED AS MINNIE MOUSE SELLS BALLOONS BY PUERTA DEL SOL SQUARE'S CHRISTMAS TREE IN MADRID. MADRID

15. AN ILLUMINATED TREE STANDS IN FRONT OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN. BERLIN

16. A CURATOR OF THE CHRISTMAS DISPLAY FOR THE ROYAL COLLECTION PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A TREE THAT IS SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING AT WINDSOR CASTLE. WINDSOR

17. THE GIANT TREE IN STRASBOURG'S CHRISTMAS MARKET. STRASBOURG

18. THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT PIAZZA DE DUOMO IN MILAN MILAN

19. THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE OLD TOWN WARSAW WARSAW

20. A TRUMPETER PLAYS DURING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND OPENING OF THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN PRAGUE. PRAGUE

21. SHOPPERS GATHER AROUND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT A SHOPPING MALL IN KUALA LUMPUR. THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS IS PREVALENT IN MUSLIM-DOMINATED MALAYSIA AS MALLS AND HOTELS DECORATE WITH TREES AND LIGHTS KUALA LUMPUR

22. FIREWORKS EXPLODE OVER A 280 FOOT HIGH FLOATING CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE LAGOA RODRIGO DE FREITAS NEIGHBORHOOD IN RIO DE JANEIRO. RIO DE JANEIRO

23. A GIRL POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS IN FRONT OF A CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATED WITH TEDDY BEARS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. SEOUL

24. THE WHITE HOUSE TREE IS DISPLAYED IN THE BLUE ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON

25. FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE SKY TO LAUNCH THE CHRISTMAS TREE DISPLAY ALONG A BAY WALK IN PALAWAN CITY, PHILIPPINES. PALAWAN CITY

26. A NORWEGIAN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS UP TRAFALGAR SQUARE. LONDON

27. THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE IS PICTURED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND IN WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON