A fixture in the shape of a Christmas tree is reflected on the glass entrance to the metro station at Puerta del Sol in Madrid November 27, 2009.
A Christmas tree decoration that reads "Merry Christmas" is displayed at the Christkindelsmaerik (the Christ Child market) in Strasbourg November 28, 2009. Held annually since 1570, Strasbourg's Christ Child Market , known as the oldest French Christmas market, started on Saturday.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 27: First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd R) and daughters Sasha (C) and Malia (R) welcome Eric and Gloria Sundback (L), who donated the official White House Christmas Tree, at the North Portico of the White House on November 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The 18 and a half foot Douglas fir will stand in the Blue Room throughout the holidays.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 27: First lady Michelle Obama welcomes the White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House on November 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The 18 and a half foot Douglas fir was donated by Eric and Gloria Sundback of Shepherdstown, West Virginia; the tree will stand in the Blue Room throughout the holidays.
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A fixture in the shape of a Christmas tree is reflected on the glass entrance to the metro station at Puerta del Sol in Madrid November 27, 2009. 
