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Christmas lights: A gallery of lights around the world

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First up, we have these sparkly trees in Japan. This is in Tokyo's shopping district, Marunouchi, where approximately 300 LED trees are lighting the streets this winter. The trees are made up of approximately 1.2 million LEDs!

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This imposing Christmas tree made of snowflakes is in Lithuania. The 27 meters construction is decorated with 96 glowing snowflakes of different sizes and different patterns. On the top of the structure, there is a Christmas star that's six metres in diameter .

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In Barcelona, Spain, this LED butterfly can be seen in front of the of the Casa Batllo. This is a building by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, who was born in 1852.

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Spanish cities love a spectacular display and the milder weather means communities can have outdoor displays to impress shoppers. This is part of the Christmas decorations along the Marques de Larios Street in Malaga.

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Staying in Spain, look at this panther in Madrid! Spain's capital city is well known for its winter illuminations, so much so that they have a special tour bus that you can hop on to look at them all from.

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Wow - to the UK now where these spectacular lights illuminate the Palm House at Kew Gardens in south west London as part of their Christmas at Kew light show.

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Let's go further north to Edinburgh, where you can see people strolling through a tunnel of lights at the Royal Botanic Gardens on what's known as the Botanics Trail.

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Let's travel to California, where this sparkly teddy bear is the centrepiece of the Christmas lights along Rancho California Road in the Temecula Valley.

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These huge illuminated prehistoric creatures can be found in Strasbourg, France. They're part of a Christmas fair that has reopened this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19.

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And here's another one from the French fair, for good measure!

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This golden forest is in Kansas, in the US. It was turned on on Friday, and had a fireworks display to go alongside it!