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| Fireworks explode over the state Capitol following the lighting of the state Christmas tree on November 16, 2012, in Lansing, Mich |
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| Amidst a fanfare ceremony with fireworks, the Christmas lights are switched on at Harrods department store in London on November 1, 2012. |
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| Booths offer traditional Thuringian handcrafts and sweets and a big Ferris wheel at the Christmas Fair in Erfurt, Germany on November 28, 2012 |
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| German bicycle designer Didi Senft, known during the Tour de France as "El Diabolo", presents his latest Christmas-themed construction in Storkow, Germany on November 29, 2012 |
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| The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 28, 2012 in New York. |
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| Hundreds of people gather in the rain to attend the opening of the traditional Christmas Market on the Roemerberg square in Frankfurt on November 26, 2012 |
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| Volunteer Santas are reflected in a fountain during their 110th annual Sidewalk Santa Parade in New York on November 23, 2012. The donations they raise are used for a holiday food voucher program for needy residents. |
