Festive lights shine bright across the world ahead of Christmas

A man dressed as La Santa Muerte in Mexico city's main square, the Zócalo, amidst Christmas lights. (Source: Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

Decorated Christmas lights at the Jose Celestino Mutis botanical garden in Bogota, Colombia. (Source: Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)

People on the streets of the decorated Jose Celestino Mutis botanical garden in Bogota, Colombia. (Source: Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)

Aymaran woman at the Tejada Sorzano square adorned with holiday lights, in La Paz, Bolivia. (Source: Juan Karita/AP Photo)

Church decorated with Christmas lights getting cleaned in Jerusalem's Old City. (Source: Oded Balilty/AP Photo)

A giant decorated Douglas fir in the small village of Falkenstein near Falkenstein, Germany. (Source: Michael Probst/AP Photo)

People walking with shopping bags near Christmas lights in the historical center of Antwerp, Belgium. (Source: Virginia Mayo/ AP Photo)

Geese shine depicted by Holiday lights at the Cumberland Fair Grounds, in Cumberland, Maine. (Source: Robert F. Bukaty/ AP Photo)

People walking among decorated Christmas lights at the Jose Celestino Mutis botanical garden in Bogota, Colombia.(Source: Fernando Vergara/ AP Photo)

Silhouetted boy against Christmas lights being reflected on a pond in Lenexa, Kan. (Source: Charlie Riedel/ AP Photo)