IN PHOTOS | Magical Christmas markets here and abroad

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With Christmas only a month away, many people are getting into the season by taking in holiday markets and tree lighting ceremonies in Canada, the United States and Europe.

Many getting into the season with holiday markets, tree lighting ceremonies

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· Posted: Nov 25, 2025 12:15 PM EST | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

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A bird's-eye view of a lit 55-foot Christmas tree during opening night of a Christmas market, surrounded by a crowd of people.

With Christmas only a month away, many people are getting into the season by taking in holiday markets and tree lighting ceremonies in Canada, the United States and Europe.

Check out the dazzling scenes here and abroad, from some of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany to the shimmering illuminations along the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

On Monday, the WeihnachtsZauber Christmas market opened at Gendarmenmarkt, in the heart of Berlin, that featured performers on stilts throwing confetti among visitors.

Performers at a Christmas market at night.

(Maryam Majd/Getty Images)

People enjoy browsing market stalls for traditional treats, decorations and crafts at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday.

Two woman strolling and browsing market stalls each with outfitted with decorations and lights, and other shoppers behind them.

(Ebrahim Noroozi/The Associated Press)

In New York City, shoppers visit a holiday market featuring artisans from around the world at Bryant Park, on Nov. 16.

Three people dressed in hats and winter jackets, standing near a stall with ornaments for sale.

(Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Along the Champs-Élysées, people enjoy the inauguration of the Christmas illuminations in Paris on Nov. 16. The lights are displayed nightly until Jan. 4, 2026.

People walking along the Champs-Elysees avenue with the trees illuminated at night.

(Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

In Tokyo's landmark Roppongi Hills, people take photos with lit trees during the annual Keyakizaka Illumination, which uses approximately 930,000 blue, white and gold LED lights as part of seasonal decorations, on Nov. 4.

Two women taking a selfie with trees wrapped with lights at night.

(Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street, the shopping district in the heart of London's West End on Nov. 19.

A bird's-eye view of Christmas lights in the shape of angels strung across a street flanked by buildings, with people and cars below at night.

(Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)

A visitor holds up their mobile device to record the Christmas lights being switched on at Leadenhall Market in London on Nov. 13.

A person holding up a cellphone to take a photo of a lit Christmas tree.

(Corey Rudy/Reuters)

In Vienna, Christmas decorations adorn the Wiener Christkindlmarkt in front of city hall, one of the city's most popular Christmas markets, on Nov. 15.

Wiener Christkindlmarkt, with visitors in the distance.

(Elisabeth Mandl/Reuters)

The traditional 45-metre high Dortmund Christmas tree, made of 1,200 red spruces, is illuminated for the first time this year at the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, on Monday.