Grab a mug of gluhwein and celebrate the season
Bakers Dirk Willkomm, left, and Torsten Richter, right, prepare an enormous traditional Christmas cake in Dresden, Germany. The next step in the process.....Jens Meyer/The Associated Press
...is a dusting (or dumping?) of sugar before the opening of the 20th Dresden Stollen Festival.Jens Meyer/The Associated Press
Germany’s oldest Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) on its opening day in Nuremberg. The first official record of this pre-Christmas market dates back to 1628.MICHAELA REHLE/Reuters
Teresa Treuheit begins her reign as the Christmas angel on the balcony of the Church of Our Lady at the Old Town in Nuremberg, southern Germany.Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press
Shop for ornaments .... ..Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press
and more ornaments ......Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press
and even more ornaments at these Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) stalls.MICHAELA REHLE/Reuters
Or head into Berlin’s main shopping mall – Kurfuerstendamm – that’s all decked out for Christmas.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters
More of Kurfuerstendamm Boulevard’s holiday glow.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters
Who wouldn’t take a selfie in front of this seasonal light show in Berlin?FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters
Norway sent the tree that stands before Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters