It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Vendors dressed in festive attire prepare cotton candy on the first day of the Christmas market at Huangpu district in Shanghai, Wednesday. AFP-Yonhap

A social media photo zone is set up near a merry-go-round on the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 25. AP-Yonhap

A girl rides on a merry-go-round at a Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 24. AP-Yonhap

A dog takes part in the Rescue Dogs of London and Friends Christmas Jumper Parade in London, Saturday. AP-Yonhap

People are reflected in a Christmas tree ornament as they visit Trump Tower in New York City, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap

A view of the Christmas market near the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 17. EPA-Yonhap

Workers put together a Christmas tree at Union Station in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. AFP-Yonhap

A performer in costume greets spectators during a Christmas parade in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 23. AFP-Yonhap

An participant in an elf costume playfully threatens to bite the Gingerbread Man as the group waits to begin their parade at a Christmas market in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday. AP-Yonhap

A performer wearing a Snow Queen costume walks through the garden of the Christmas House of the Gollnhuber family in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, Saturday. Reuters-Yonhap

Christmas snow globes are on display after the official opening of the Christmas market in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday. EPA-Yonhap

A man and a child pose for a photo with Christmas lights in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday. The full display includes 8 million light bulbs, 600 kilometers of light tubing and 25,000 figures woven by 150 artisans. AFP-Yonhap

The opening night of "The Light Before Christmas" by Luxmaralis artist Peter Walker is displayed at Liverpool Cathedral in Liverpool, England, Saturday. AFP-Yonhap

Santons, traditional figurines from Provence typically hand-painted and commonly used in Christmas nativity scenes, are displayed at the Marcel Carbonel's Santon factory in Marseille, France, Friday. Reuters-Yonhap

People visit a Christmas market in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday. AP-Yonhap

An employee applies artificial snow on artificial Christmas trees at the Novaya Yolka plant in Krasnodar, Russia, Nov. 24. TASS-Yonhap

A woman uses her phone near Christmas decorations along Sixth Avenue in New York City, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap

Tourists and locals alike look for early Christmas sales at Borough Market, one of London's oldest food markets, Thursday. AFP-Yonhap

This long exposure photograph shows the Champs-Elysees Avenue lined with Christmas lights in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Nov. 21.