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In this combination of two images the interior of Salisbury Cathedral
is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers during the
annual "darkness to light" advent procession on December 1, 2012 in
Salisbury, England. The service -- which begins with the medieval
cathedral in total darkness and silence before the Advent Candle is lit
at the West End -- is one of the most popular services of the liturgical
year. The annual advent service, which takes place over three nights
and is seen by several thousand people, is a mix of music and readings
during which two great candlelit processions move around the different
spaces in the 750-year-old building which, by the end, is illuminated by
almost 1,300 candles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) # 
A newly-decorated Christmas tree lit behind him, U.S. Army 1st Lt.
Aaron Dunn hands his baby Emma to his wife Leanne, in their living room
in Fountain, Colorado, one week after Dunn's return from a tour of duty
in Afghanistan, on December 8, 2012. 1st Lt. Dunn had not seen his wife
and baby since his unit deployed to the mountains of Afghanistan in
February. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) #
Eric Marshall sets up his Christmas lights on his house in Bagby,
England, on December 17, 2012. Eric spends 3 weeks each year setting up
the display which runs throughout December to the 12th night and raises
funds for the local church. Eric has raised nearly £20,000 over the past
20 years when he started out with one Santa and sleigh. (Reuters/Nigel Roddis) #
Michael Sciaraffo, costumed as Santa Claus, makes a toy delivery to a
home in the Bell Harbor neighborhood of New York, on December 18, 2012.
Using Facebook, Sciaraffo started a charitable enterprise to collect and
personally deliver toys to children affected by Superstorm Sandy,
dressed as Santa. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) #
A child reacts to a reveler dressed as a devil at the Old Town Square
in Prague, on the eve of Saint Nicholas Day December 5, 2012. Revelers
dressed as Saint Nicholas and a devil approached children on the streets
as part of a tradition to determine if they had behaved well during the
past year and depending on their answers, would receive presents,
sweets or coal accordingly. (Reuters/David W Cerny) #
People react to a snow machine as they gather to look at Christmas
lights that adorn a house in Melksham, England, on December 8, 2012. The
lights, a popular festive attraction, have returned to the town after a
two-year absence and have raised thousands of pounds for charity for a
local hospice, Dorothy House. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
A 14-foot Christmas tree appears to be crashing through the roof of a
one-story house in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, on December 20,
2012. Homeowner Patrick Kruger created the illusion of the tree crashing
through the roof by cutting a 14-foot tree into two pieces and
attaching the top six-foot section is to a piece of plywood that's
bolted to the roof. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) #
A worker cuts a "Spanbaum" Christmas figure at the "Erzgebirgische
Volkskunst Richard Glaesser" factory in Seiffen, Germany, on November
28, 2012. For several decades the eastern German region of Erzgebirge
has produced wooden folk art of smokers, nutcrackers and pyramids
especially used as decoration during the Christmas season. (Reuters/Tobias Schwarz) #
Saint Nicholas is followed by his two assistants called "Zwarte Piet"
(Black Pete) during a traditional parade in central Brussels, Belgium,
on December 1, 2012. The Netherlands and Belgium are two countries that
pride themselves on progressive laws and open societies, but critics say
they are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to depictions of Santa
Claus and his helpers. Saint Nicholas, or "Sinterklaas" in Dutch, brings
presents to children on December 5 in the Netherlands and on December 6
in Belgium, and is always accompanied by at least one assistant dressed
in 17th century costume who has a blackened face. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir) #
Valery Kokoulin, 47, dressed as Santa Claus, rings a bell on his
self-made yacht to mark the ending of the sailboat season, as the air
temperature dropped to minus 23 degrees of Celsius (minus 9.4 degrees
Fahrenheit), on the Yenisei River, outside Russia's Siberian city of
Krasnoyarsk, on December 7, 2012. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin) #
Capitol Hill police check an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus
with a metal detector as he enters the U.S. Capitol on his way to
Speaker of the House John Boehner's office in Washington, DC, on
December 12, 2012. The man was working with the group Catholics United,
and wanted to urge Speaker of the House John Boehner to pass pending
"fiscal cliff" legislation before Christmas. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) #
A bundle carrying humanitarian supplies and gifts drifts to the ground
off the shore of an island in Micronesia after C-130 Hercules crews from
Yokota Air Base, Japan, flew them in for Operation Christmas Drop, an
annual mission -- the longest-running U.S. Department of Defense
mission in full operation, on December 18, 2012. The plane took off from
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to airlift the donated bundles to
islands in need. Donations come largely from local communities in Guam,
and include everything from fishing nets and canned goods, to toys and
games. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse) #
Icelandic philanthropist Einar Sveinsson, dressed as Santa Claus,
speaks with a patient at the oncology ward during a visit to the
Benjamin Bloom National Children Hospital, in San Salvador, on December
11, 2012. Sveinsson has visited the hospital prior to Christmas every
year since 2001 to give gifts to the patients. (Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images) #
Fireworks light the sky near a giant Christmas tree in Puerto Princesa
city, Palawan, west of Manila, on December 1, 2012. The Philippines, a
mainly Roman Catholic country, celebrates one of the longest Christmas
holidays in the world, playing Christmas carols in shopping malls in
September and putting up lanterns and fireworks early in December. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco) #
A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume holds a sack and
cane in the Macacos slum after arriving by police helicopter in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, on December 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or
UPP, organized for Santa to visit the slum to hand out Christmas gifts
to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) #
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