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Christmas lights illuminate cities around the world at the end of the black year

By Robert D. Baxter
December 24, 2021
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In the darkest days of the year, in a very dark time, there is a yearning for enlightenment.

And so, the holiday lights all over the world are turning on – some humble, others spectacular, all a welcome respite in the dark.

They make the street an interactive experience.

There are light tunnels to walk through, like pedestrians do in Tokyo, at the Johannesburg Zoo, and at the Holiday Road light show in Calabasas, California, to walk through, like in a mall in Panay, Philippines, where visitors stay in their cars to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Visitors walk through a tunnel of light during a Holiday Road light show in Calabasas, California. (AP: Jae C. Hong)
a woman and six children wearing face masks walk through a light tunnel at a zoo in the city of South Africa
This light tunnel is part of the Johannesburg Joburg Festival of Lights, in the city zoo.(AP: Jérôme Delay)
A car drives past Christmas exhibits at a Christmas drive-through installation outside a shopping mall in Pasay, Philippines
Driving Christmas facilities have been set up in Pasay, Philippines, as a safety measure to help curb the spread of COVID-19.(AP: Aaron Favila)

There are real trees and artificial trees and gigantic trees, like the light sculpture in Vigo, Spain, which is said to be the tallest tree in the world, so tall that adults and children alike wander around inside.

a Christmas tree made of lights of different colors can be seen from below as well as a woman holding a child below
A woman holds a child standing inside a Christmas tree made of lights in Vigo, Spain.(PA: Lalo Villar)

Vigo is doing everything it can for Christmas, stringing 11 million LED lights in more than 350 streets.

Moscow landmarks including the Kremlin Wall, Red Square, and St. Basil's Cathedral are lit up for Christmas
The Kremlin Wall, Spasskaya Tower, Red Square, GUM Department Store, St. Basil’s Cathedral and Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge are decorated for Christmas and New Year in Moscow.(AP: Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Some displays are municipal, such as the silver string lights that adorn Moscow streetlights.

a red bow made of Christmas lights wraps around an electronics store illuminated with a light in Athens, Greece
An electronics store in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece is illuminated with Christmas lights.(AP: Thanassis Stavrakis)

Some are commercial, like the lights that envelop an electronics store in Syntagma Square in Athens, turning it into a huge gift box.

a group of people stand outside a display of lights and decorations at a house in Brooklyn, New York
Residents of Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights neighborhood are renowned for their displays of exaggerated Christmas light decorations featuring Santas, reindeer, toy soldiers, sleds, and life-size snowmen.(PA: Wong Maye-E)

And some are private, like the exaggerated decorations of the houses in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

A boy silhouetted against Christmas lights reflected on a pond as he walks through a park
Christmas lights are reflected in a pond in Lenexa, Kansas.(AP: Charlie Riedel)
A Christmas tree is illuminated with white lights next to the Taksim Mosque in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey
Pedestrians walk past a Christmas tree next to the Taksim Mosque on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey.(AP: Francisco Seco)
people walk on a street decorated with stars and lights in Syria
The old city of Damascus in Syria is decorated for the Christmas holidays.(PA: Omar Sanadiki)
a large figure of Santa Claus can be seen in Naples through raindrops on a car window
A giant figure of Santa Claus endures the wet weather in Naples, Italy.(AP: Gregorio Borgia)
silhouettes of people can be seen on illuminated clock faces near a building in Hampton Court Palace
Visitors interact with the clock lighting on the Stardust Palace Light at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London.(AP: Matt Dunham)
An aerial view of a chain of houses illuminated with Christmas lights in Baltimore, USA
The houses are decorated in the American city of Baltimore.(AP: Julio Cortez)
Yellow and blue Christmas lights hang above an avenue in Barcelona, ​​Spain, with cars driving underneath
Christmas decorations light up one of the main avenues in Barcelona, ​​Spain.(AP: Emilio Morenatti)
a woman is talking on her cell phone in front of a christmas tree and christmas lights are displayed in La Paz
An Aymara woman walks through Tejada Sorzano Square in La Paz, Bolivia.(AP: Juan Karita)
a person in a skull mask and robe like folk saint la santa muerte poses in front of christmas lights
A person disguised as a folk saint La Santa Muerte poses for a photo in Mexico City’s main plaza.(AP: Marco Ugarte)
A man walks past a Christmas tree during the lighting ceremony, outside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
A Christmas tree lighting ceremony takes place outside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel.(AP: Oded Balilty)
a nun wearing a mask and holding a broom sweeps the ground next to an illuminated star in Jerusalem
A nun cleans the floor after decorating the entrance to a church in Jerusalem’s Old City with Christmas lights.(AP: Oded Balilty)

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