Spectacular Christmas Markets From Across the World

A decorated Christmas tree is lighted up at a Christmas market on its opening day in Dortmund November 21, 2011. The Christmas tree of Dortmund is the largest in the world and is built with a scaffold, covered with 1,700 Norway spruces, 40,000 lights and is 45m (148 ft) high. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)

A Ferris wheel and Christmas market lights are reflected in the plexiglass boards of an ice ring as a man skates, in Alexanderplatz, Berlin November 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

People stroll through the Christmas market during its opening day in Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt square, November 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

Models pose during the opening of a Christmas market at Schloss Charlottenburg palace in Berlin November 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz)

A decorated Christmas tree is lighted up at a Christmas market on its opening day in Dortmund November 21, 2011. The Christmas tree of Dortmund is the largest in the world and is built with a scaffold, covered with 1,700 Norway spruces, 40,000 lights and is 45m (148 ft) high. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)

An employee in the toy section of the Galeries Lafayette department store arranges a display near a Christmas tree in preparation for holiday season gift shopping in Paris November 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)

A giant decorated Christmas tree stands on the ground floor of Galeries Lafayette department store as people shop for gifts during the holiday season in Paris November 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)

Police officers stand guard while private workers install Christmas lights on trees in Zuccotti Park in New York November 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

An illuminated Christmas tree stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Norway has sponsored the Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate for over 20 years. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)