Best Holiday Images From Around The World

The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is lit against the early morning sky Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 in Washington. The tree was officially lit Tuesday night to kick off the holiday season in the Nation's Capital. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (AP2013)

Shipley Smith, 7, left, is chased by his brother Slaton, 10, around a Christmas tree after posing for their family holiday card at Cobb County's Cumberland Mall, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. For the Braves, abandoning downtown Atlanta for the suburbs means moving closer to the teams fan base and developing money-making restaurants and amenities. Team officials say its simply good business. But the decision also highlights long-standing disparities over wealth, where people live and even transportation, all facets of life connected to race and social class in Atlanta. The Braves will be moving from an area thats predominantly black and relatively poor compared to whiter Cobb County, where the team says more ticket-buyers live. Although it is long past segregation, the hometown of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King is far from integrated, and the citys politics, business and even sports teams reflect that gap. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (AP2013)

FILE - This Dec. 4, 2013 file photo shows the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York. It's that time of year: holiday music time. And with holiday music comes all the strange and twisted things we sometimes think we're hearing. Mondegreens, the moniker for misheard words in song, aren't restricted to holiday standards, of course, but the old-timey language of some seems to serve as a botched-lyric magnet. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) (AP2013)

A shop worker decorates the street with red lanterns in celebration of Christmas in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Christmas, while not traditionally celebrated, is gaining popularity in the communist country with retailers capitalizing on the holiday spirit to boost their end of the year sales. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (AP2013)

The Grinch, a.k.a. Steven Ertl, adjusts his Santa hat while riding in the 6th Annual Elf Ride in Seaside, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 The event, which attracted about 100 participants, is a fundraiser to collect toys and Christmas gifts for the South Walton (County) Fire District's Angel Tree Program. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine) (AP2013)

Christmas decorations are displayed in front of a ferris wheel, on a plaza decorated for Christmas in Nice, southeastern France, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Several Christmas decorations are displayed in the centre of Nice city. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (AP2013)

A display showing a copy of "the Statue of Liberty" Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, in Menton, southeastern France. USA is the theme of Christmas decoration in Menton city this year. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A girl stands next to the statue "Santa Claus tourist in the USA" on display, in Menton, southeastern France, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. America is the theme for Christmas decorations in Menton this year. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS2013)

Two women inspect advent stars at a shop in a Christmas market in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Dozends of Christmas markets offer decorations around the holidays in central Berlin during advent. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP2013)

Participants of the 5th Michendorfer Nikolauslauf (lit. Michendorf Saint Nicholas race) start their 10 kilometer fun run in Michendorf, Germany, Sunday Dec. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Ralf Hirschberger)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, singers rehearse for the Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon, Mich. The concert starts at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 3 p.m. matinee show on Saturday.(AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle,Natalie Kolb) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

The Monte Carlo Casino is reflected in a giant decoration between Christmas trees, in Monaco, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Every year, Christmas decorations adorn Monaco city .(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (AP2013)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PEEPS - Santas show holiday spirit and deliver seasonal PEEPS at legendary FAO Schwarz, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for PEEPS/AP Images)

People walk past a Christmas Tree made of bicycles in Tczew, Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Christmas Carols are played when the pedals of a bike attached to the tree are pushed. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) (AP2013)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, the 80-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit during the 80th annual lighting ceremony in New York. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, a crowd will pack Rockefeller Plaza and people can tune in via live television for the annual tree lighting. The Today Shows Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales will co-host Christmas in Rockefeller Center, which will air on NBC at 8 p.m. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) (A20122012)

As if giving out presents for the holidays isn't enough, Santa Claus, aka Dave Tobin, left, takes time out from his busy schedule Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 to donate blood platelets during a stop at the Lane Blood Center in Eugene, Ore. with an assist from RN Jeanne Bodell. Tobin, has donated over 400 times over the years. He will be back at the center this Saturday from 8 am to noon, handing out candy canes and posing for photos. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Chris Pietsch)

Visitors pose for photographs in front of Christmas decorations displayed in celebration of the holiday season at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PETSMART - Pets of all shapes and sizes dress in their festive holiday apparel to visit with Santa at a Dallas PetSmart on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Last year the PetSmart Santa Claws Photo Event raised $770,225 for more than 2,300 animal welfare groups. (Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Images for PetSmart)

Santa Claus listens to the Vienna Boys Choir duirng a lunch break at the York Galleria Mall in York, Pa. on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Santa, whose known as Richard Meadow in the off season is at the mall daily throughout the holiday season. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin)

A crescent moon rises above a Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The 25-meter (82 feet) tall tree which arrived from Bavaria, Germany was lit Friday evening at the end of ceremony. Big crowds are expected to flock to the square during the holidays to admire the tree. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

First lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Santa Claus, reads a holiday story to children at Children's National Health System in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Michelle Obama read a story to children during her visit and answered questions at the Childrens Hospital. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP2013)

The 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 88-foot Engelmann spruce, from the Colville National Forest, in northeast Washington State, is lit during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The tree is decorated with approximately 5,000 ornaments, handcrafted by Washingtonians to reflect this year's theme, Sharing Washington's Good Nature. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP2013)

Indian blind children wearing festive hats wait to perform during Christmas celebrations at the Devnar School for the Blind in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Though the Hindus and Muslims comprise majority of the population in India, Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) (AP2013)

Christmas decorations light up the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The decorations are traditionally put up late November each year for Christmas. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (AP2013)

A giant christmas tree is displayed in front of a ferris wheel, on a plaza decorated for Christmas in Nice, southeastern France, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Several Christmas decorations are displayed in the centre of Nice city.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A woman walks past Christmas decorations displayed in celebration of the holiday season at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, and provided by the Florida Key News Bureau, Major Lou Caputo, center, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, dressed in costume as the Grinch, gets counsel from Lt. Charlene Sprinkle-Huff to check the speed of a car traveling in a school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway in Marathon, Fla. During the holiday season, the Grinch gives motorists who travel about 5 mph or less above the school zone speed limit the option of a traffic citation or an onion. At left is Deputy David Fernandez. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

Christmas trees are decorated in front of the Monte Carlo Casino for Christmas and New Year, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, in Monaco. Every years, christmas decorations adorn Monaco city. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (AP2013)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PEEPS - Santas hop into the holiday spirit as they deliver Candy Cane PEEPS around New York, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for PEEPS/AP Images)

FILE - This 2004 file photo provided by the Trapp Family Lodge shows the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt., lit up for the Christmas holidays. After a televised update of "The Sound of Music" on Dec. 5, 2013, the hills of Vermont were alive with phones ringing at the lodge. Three-quarters of a century after the singing family arrived from Austria, they're still in demand at the 96-room chalet style inn they started. The family moved to the spot in 1942 after visiting Vermont on a singing tour and vacationing in Stowe. (AP Photo/Trapp Family Lodge, Don Landwehrle, File)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR RELIANT - Children make snow angles in artificial snow at the Reliant Lights Your Holidays kick-off on the AT&T Performing Arts Center Campus, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Dallas, Texas. Reliant signed a multi-year agreement to be a sponsor of the holiday lights display which encompasses the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and 72 trees in Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park. (Brandon Wade / AP Images for Reliant) (AP2013)

A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume greets children at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (AP2013)

A Christmas tree stands next to St. Peter's Basilica in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The 25-meter (82 feet) tall tree which arrived from Bavaria, Germany was lit Friday evening at the end of ceremony. Big crowds are expected to flock to the square during the holidays to admire the tree. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Volunteer Dotti Parker lays holiday wreaths at graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Saturday Dec. 14, 2013, during Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America was started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester and has expanded to hundreds of veterans' cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Workers on a crane decorate a Christmas tree as the dome of St. Peter's Basilica stands in background, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. A 25-meter (82 feet) tall tree which arrived from Bavaria, Germany was lifted into place Thursday ready to be decorated for the Christmas festivities. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reads during the Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. The 55 foot red fir tree is decorated with 500 hand-crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities and is illuminated by approximately by 10,000 low wattage LED lights.(AP Photo/Steve Yeater) (AP2013)

In this Dec. 12, 2013 photo, a Christmas tree seller carries a tree to a customer's car in Freeport, Maine. Growers say the late Thanksgiving shortened the holiday season by a week and that means they're getting a deluge of demand in a short period of time. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Germany's biggest Christmas tree shines in the center of a Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, Friday evening, Dec. 13, 2013. The traditional 45 meter tall Christmas tree is illuminated by 48000 lights and made of 1700 red spruces. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (AP2013)

Prince Royce performs at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP2013)

The National Christmas Tree with the White House in the background as seen from the Ellipse after President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and mother-in-law Marian Robinson lit the tree at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP2013)

Women take a photograph of themselves next to a Christmas light tree reflected on the ground at Comercio square in downtown Lisbon, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Guardsman stand at the Monaco palace before Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene welcome Monaco's children for the traditional Christmas tree viewing and present receiving session at Monaco palace, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. This event takes place every year ahead of Christmas. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (AP2013)

First lady Michelle Obama listens to questions from children after reading them a holiday story at Children's National Health System in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Michelle Obama read a story to children during her visit and answered questions at the Childrens Hospital. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP2013)

President Barack Obama, speaks as the National Christmas Tree glows behind him during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP2013)