< link rel =" stylesheet " href =" http : / / editor . daum . net / services / blog / css / contents 4 view . css ? ver = 1 . 1 . 114 " type =" text / css "/>< link rel =" stylesheet " href =" http : / / editor . daum . net / services / blog / css / theme 4 view . css ? ver = 1 . 1 . 114 " type =" text / css "/> 크리스마스 를 맞이 하 는 지구촌 모습 - 1 Christmas approachesThe Christian religious holiday may not arrive until December 25 , but secular and commercial festivities have been in full swing for almost a month already . Increasingly the non - religious aspects of the holiday are celebrated even in countries without a strong Christian tradition . Gathered here are images of preparations from around the world as it begins to look a lot like Christmas . -- Lane Turner ( 42 photos total ) Christmas angels and a Santa Claus ride on Segways in Berlin on November 3 , 2011 . Santa opened his job agency for students who want to work as Santa Claus or a Christmas Angels in the upcoming christmas season . ( Wolfgang Kumm / AFP / Getty Images ) 2 Jason and Emily Gray hold their two - year - old twins Lacey and Ashley under the the holiday lights at the annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Boise , Idaho . ( Darin OswaldIdaho Statesman / AP ) # 3 A trumpeter plays during the traditional Christmas tree illuminating and opening of the traditional Christmas market in front of the Tyn Church at the Old Town Square on November 26 , 2011 in Prague . ( Michal Cizek / AFP / Getty Images ) # 4 Shoppers enter a department store at midnight in Covington , La . Early signs point to bigger crowds at the nation ' s malls and stores as retailers like Macy ' s and Target opened their doors at midnight . ( David Grunfeld / The Times - Picayune / AP ) # 5 Balloons at an Oakland , Calif . retailer advertise sale prices to shoppers on November 24 , 2011 . The store opened before midnight to encourage early shopping . ( Noah Berger / AP ) # 6 Windy LaFerney ( right ) checks her e - mail while her son Caisen LaFerney , 4 , plays an electronic game and Windy ' s mother Nicki Lawrence hangs out in their tent in front of a department store in Mesquite , Texas on November 21 , 2011 . They set up their tent late Sunday night so they could be the first people in the store early Friday morning for Black Friday shopping . ( David Woo / The Dallas Morning News / AP ) # 7 Father Christmas waves to the crowds during Harrods 26 th Annual Christmas Parade on November 5 in London . ( Steve Finn / Harrods via Getty Images ) # 8 A 65 - foot white fir tree is loaded onto a truck for its 20 - day journey to Washington on November 5 , 2011 after the U . S . Capitol Christmas tree was cut from the Stanislaus National Forest near Sonora , Calif . The tradition of " The People ' s Tree " began in 1964 , and the job of providing it rotates among national forests . Come January , when the tree has served its purpose , it will be ground into mulch and spread across the Capitol gardens . ( Jerry Snyder / Stanislaus National Forest / AP ) # 9 German bicycle designer Didi Senft , also known as ' El Diablo ', poses in front of a giant Christmas candle arch in the town of Storkow , Germany on November 24 , 2011 . ( Thomas Peter / Reuters ) # 10 In this image taken with a fish - eye lens , the traditional Regent Street Christmas Lights 2011 in central London ' s main shopping area are switched on as fireworks explode overhead on November 8 , 2011 . ( David Parry / PA / AP ) # 11 Forest worker Peter Otto carries two fir trees during the official opening of Christmas tree season in Stolpe , Germany on November 9 , 2011 . ( Carsten Rehder / AFP / Getty Images ) # 12 Workers paint Christmas trees made of twigs along a street in Manila November 10 , 2011 . ( Romeo Ranoco / Reuters ) # 13 A man dressed as Santa Claus is surrounded by local children giving him their Christmas wish lists as he arrives at the Santa Claus post office in Himmelpfort , Germany on November 10 , 2011 . Children can send their Christmas wish lists to Himmelpfort from around the world and receive a reply from Santa . ( John Macdougall / AFP / Getty Images ) # 14 Women reply to letters addressed to Father Christmas at a special Christmas post office in Himmelpfort , Germany on November 10 , 2011 . The post office has a special Christmas service , replying to mail addressed to Santa Claus that were sent by children from all over the world . Organizers expect to receive some 280 , 000 letters and wish lists from children writing in 17 languages . ( Thomas Peter / Reuters ) # 15 People use their mobile phones to take pictures of a Christmas tree during the annual Festival Arbol Gallo in Guatemala City November 12 , 2011 . During the festival Christmas trees are lit in Guatemala City and 32 other locations around the country . ( Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters ) # 16 A Santa diver feeds whale shark " Hachibei " at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama , on November 13 , 2011 . ( Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP / Getty Images ) # 17 Parents take pictures of children posing at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on November 19 , 2011 . ( Laurent Fievet / AFP / Getty Images ) # 18 Lebanese workers are hoisted by a crane as they decorate a Christmas tree with the slogan of " Merry Christmas and Happy New Year " in English , French and Arabic in Beirut on November 21 , 2011 . ( Hussein Malla / AP ) # 19 Radio City Rockettes present s ' mores frozen hot chocolate , their annual holiday season dessert in New York on November 21 , 2011 . The dessert is served in a goblet dripping in marshmallow fluff and filled with a blend of 14 cocoas , topped with honey graham cracker crumbs , mini marshmallows , swirls of chocolate sauce , whipped cream and garnished with a graham cracker cookie topped with a toasted marshmallow , chocolate shavings , a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a Radio City light - up stirrer . ( Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images ) # 20 People queue up to buy " El Gordo " Christmas lottery tickets in downtown Madrid November 22 , 2011 . ( Andrea Comas / Reuters ) # 21 Christmas shop windows are on display during the launch of the Christmas Illuminations at Le Printemps on November 9 , 2011 in Paris . ( Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images ) # 22 A shop window attracts customers in New York on November 21 , 2011 . Midtown retailers are known for splashy displays that have become as much a holiday tradition as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree or sidewalk Santas . ( Bebeto Matthews / AP ) # 23 People pass by the display of Gaga ' s Workshop at luxury department store Barneys in New York November 22 , 2011 . Barneys is teaming up with pop singer Lady Gaga for a Christmas holiday campaign . ( Kena Betancur / Reuters ) # 24 People take part in a ceremony to send a Christmas tree to the Vatican near Rakhiv , Ukrain on November 23 , 2011 . Each year a country from different parts of Europe donates a tree to be erected in St . Peter ' s Square . ( Lozhef Kish / Reuters ) # 25 A sheep wears a Christmas costume during a promotional event at the Everland amusement park in Yongin , South Korea on November 24 , 2011 . ( Jo Yong - Hak / Reuters ) # 26 Stands are illuminated at the Christmas Market in Frankfurt , Germany on November 23 , 2011 . Organisers expect around three million visitors . ( Frank Rumpenhorst / AFP / Getty Images ) # 27 Christmas lights illuminate Vienna ' s city center Am Graben on November 24 , 2011 . ( Lisi Niesner / Reuters ) # 28 A worker installs a steel Christmas tree outside a shopping mall in Beijing on November 25 , 2011 . ( Andy Wong / AP ) # 29 Michelle Obama walks with daughters Sasha and Malia ( right ) to receive the 2011 White House Christmas Tree at the White House in Washington , D . C . on November 25 , 2011 . ( Yuri Gripas / Reuters ) # 30 Fishermen pull a net early in the morning on November 7 , 2011 , during the annual fishing season at the Bosilecky pond near Trebon , Czech Republic in preparation for the domestic and European Christmas season sales . ( Michal Cizek / AFP / Getty Images ) # 31 Workers load Christmas trees into a lorry on the Duncombe Park Estate in Helmsley , England on November 25 , 2011 . ( Nigel Roddis / Reuters ) # 32 Christmas snow domes on display at the traditional Christmas market at the Old Town in Nuremberg , Germany on November 25 , 2011 . ( Matthias Schrader / AP ) # 33 A tourist looks at a reindeer display for Christmas celebrations in front of the skyline of the financial district in Singapore on November 26 , 2011 . ( Joel Boh / Reuters ) # 34 Franciscan monks take part in a ritual mass ceremony of the Franciscan Fathers at Santa Cathrina Church at the compound of the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank City of Bethlehem on November 26 , 2011 . ( Musa Al - Shaer / AFP / Getty Images ) # 35 Visitors look at an unusual Christmas crib in a mall by architect Fernando Martinez on November 26 , 2011 in Tegucigalpa . The crib depicts the violence wave in the country - Honduras suffers the highest murder rate in the world - as well as the deaths of Osama Bin Laden and Muamar Gaddafi . ( Orlando Sierra / AFP / Getty Images ) # 36 Fireworks explode around a Christmas tree during the lighting ceremony at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 , 2011 . ( Andre Durao / Reuters ) # 37 Santa Claus trainees learn how to speak and walk in preparation for Christmas Day at the " Santa Claus Academy " in Tokyo on November 27 , 2011 . ( Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP / Getty Images ) # 38 A vendor serves hot wine at the traditional Christ Child market near Strasbourg Cathedral in Strasbourg , France on November 27 , 2011 . The oldest French Christmas market has been held annually since 1570 . ( Vincent Kessler / Reuters ) # 39 Cameron Ganno gets a greeting from Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer while being held by Kim Werth during the 59 th Annual Quincy Christmas Parade in Quincy , Mass . on November 27 , 2011 . ( Yoon S . Byun / Globe Staff ) # 40 Santa Claus waves from the roof of Sydney ' s Queen Victoria Building on November 28 , 2011 . ( Greg Wood / AFP / Getty Images ) # 41 Brothers Beckman , Preston , and Westley Giang are transfixed by holiday lights on November 27 , 2011 at their house in Brea , Calif . ( Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register / AP ) # 42 Penguins take a walk at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium - amusement park complex in Yokohama , Japan on November 13 , 2011 . ( Itsuo Inouye / AP ) #