Singapore's Orchard Road lights up this weekend in celebration of the Yuletide. Dressing up the streets with glittering illumination has become a Christmas tradition all over the world. From London to Tokyo, cities around the world sparkle in a sea of lights and festive decorations.
LONDON
Oxford Street is illuminated after singer Cheryl Fernandez-Versini switched on the Oxford Street Christmas Lights in London on Nov 6, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
BERLIN
A Christmas tree for the upcoming Christmas market is seen on Gendarmenmarkt square, Berlin, on Nov 12, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
TOKYO
A couple walks near a Christmas illumination at Yomiuri Land amusement park in Tokyo on Nov 8, 2014.The park uses three millions LED lights for its Christmas light-up. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A security worker walks around a Christmas illumination at Yomiuri Land amusement park in Tokyo on Nov 8, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A child walks on a Christmas illumination at Yomiuri Land amusement park in Tokyo on Nov 8, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A kid touches a Christmas illumination at Yomiuri Land amusement park in Tokyo on Nov 8, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Christmas decorations outside Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov 7, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK
Workers hoisting an 85-foot-tall Norway Spruce into position as the 2014 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York on Nov 7, 2014.The tree, donated by Dan Sigafoos and Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos, is approximately 90 years old and weighs approximately 13 tons. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
PARIS
A giant Christmas tree installed upside down in the middle of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris ahead of the holiday season in the French capital, on Nov 6, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Monster show in the Christmas animated shop window of the Galeries Lafayette department store, on Nov 5, 2014, in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP