Preparing for Christmas and New Year in different countries

• Preparation for Christmas and New Year in different countries

Christmas markets selling traditional mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, hot meat, steaming pies, Christmas decorations and gifts, opened in different cities around the world. Here are some places in the world to prove that the Christmas and New Year - the most magical time of the year.

Red Square is decorated on the eve of New Year and Christmas holidays.

A huge candle lit at the Venetian Christmas wreath on the market under the name "Feast of the coming of the Basilica" in front of the Basilica of St. Stephen in Budapest city center.

The people photographed during the opening ceremony of the Christmas illuminations and Christmas Tree Swarovski in Milan, Italy.

The visitors in a huge, illuminated by a spherical Christmas ornaments mounted on Dobo Square in Eger, Hungary.

A visitor looks at the Christmas decorations on the Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic.

Cartoon character "Mickey Mouse" - Christmas ornaments in a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Illuminated Old Town Square with Christmas tree in Prague, Czech Republic.

Urban tree on Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania.

People buy festive decorations on the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany.

The Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

The center of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller in New York, USA.

Visitors watch a scale model of the village of gingerbread in Septenets Shepteneke, Hungary.

The man, dressed in candy costume, dancing around a giant tree in Beirut, Lebanon.