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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (35 photos)

With a bit more than a week left until Christmas, lighted displays, colorful markets, and Santa’s helpers are out in force. From Europe to the Americas and Asia, gathered here as an early gift, is a collection of holiday cheer and light wrapped up in 35 photographs.

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A man dressed as Joulupukki, a Finnish Santa Claus Christmas figure, reacts as he arrives at Budapest Ferenc Liszt on November 29, 2018. Joulupukki was on a short trip to Hungary to celebrate Santa Claus day on December 6. ( Attila Kisbenedek / AFP / Getty)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/12/its-beginning-look-lot-like-christmas/578350/