Published: 12/9/2012 - Updated: 5 months ago

Toledo Magazine: World holiday celebrations

Holiday celebrations take place around the world. CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW FULL PHOTO, START SLIDE SHOW.

Enlarge People skate on the ice rink opened on Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lights illuminate the Christmas Fair in front of the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), left, and St. Severi's Church in Erfurt, central Germany.

Enlarge Lights illuminate the Christmas Fair in front of the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), left, and St. Severi's Church in Erfurt,... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge A Christmas tree is displayed at a shopping mall as the territory prepares to celebrate the Christmas holidays, in Hong Kong. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Rose Morrison, 2, of Scranton, Pa. cries as she sits with Santa Claus for a holiday portrait in Dickson City, Pa. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge St. Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, waves to fans in Amsterdam on Nov. 18. ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Korean children wearing Santa Claus outfits leave after attending a ceremony by the Salvation Army to prepare charity pots for a year-end fundraising campaign for the underprivileged in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 26.

Enlarge South Korean children wearing Santa Claus outfits leave after attending a ceremony by the Salvation Army to prepare charity pots ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Volunteers of America Santas ring their bells as the cross a street in Fifth Ave. during their 110th annual Sidewalk Santa Parade, in New York, Nov. 23.

Enlarge Volunteers of America Santas ring their bells as the cross a street in Fifth Ave. during their 110th annual Sidewalk ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Santa cheers at a soccer match in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 29. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Toledo Magazine: World holiday celebrations

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