Guardian readers around the world have been sharing their images of festive lights and displays via GuardianWitness. From Brazil to Stranraer via Copenhagen and Ealing, here is a selection of our favourites
'Santa just landed at Paulista Avenue, São Paulo, Brazil.' Hopefully he's made it back to Lapland by now. Photograph: champlin/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: <a href="https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/529c735ee4b0999a297a93d1/690334"> champlin</a>/GuardianWitnessWe received more shots of Regent Street than any other. 'London is always great to walk around, particularly at Christmas,' writes Fi_Bee of this rainy shot. Photograph: Fi_Bee/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Fi_Bee/Guardian WitnessThe Galeries Lafayette in Paris — a sophisticated spot for a spot of last-minute Christmas shopping. Photograph: ge106/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: ge106/GuardianWitnessFrom The Pogues to Home Alone 2, there's no place on Earth more Christmassy than New York City. Photograph: FoodEatLove/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: FoodEatLove/GuardianWitnessA wonderful image from a reader in Copenhagen, with a Danish Santa lighting the town tree in an all-action fashion. Photograph: ID2909420/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: ID2909420/GuardianWitness'The glistening Christmas tree makes the Colosseum look more towering and spectacular than ever,' writes geekygeek. We couldn't agree more. Photograph: geekygeek/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: geekygeek/GuardianWitnessFrom the international to the suburban, with this west London effort from Albertina McNeill, who has spotted many exuberant displays in the borough of Ealing. 'Inflatable snowmen appear to be really popular, but I have no idea where they buy them; there must be a secret inflatable snowman shop somewhere,' she writes. Photograph: Albertina McNeill/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Albertina McNeill,/GuardianWitnessAnd while we're on a suburban jaunt, here's some 'illuminated humbuggery' courtesy of the_lemur. Celebratory *and* grumpy — what could be more festive? Photograph: the_lemur/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: the_lemur/GuardianWitnessSlewish writes to explain this image from Los Alumbrados, Medellín, Colombia: 'Every year the city puts on a series of huge and elaborate light installations all along the Medellín river, which flows through the middle of the city. Each year the theme is different, and this year it was barrios, or neighbourhoods.' Photograph: Slewish/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Slewish/GuardianWitnessWe received a plethora of images from Romania. Here's an atmospheric shot of Bucharest's Christmas market. Photograph: AlexandraMarinescu/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: AlexandraMarinescu/GuardianWitnessA lovely image of carols by the Royal Exchange, London, flanked by a very pretty tree. Photograph: jrogel/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: jrogel/GuardianWitnessFinally, this charmingly understated effort comes from Stranraer, Scotland. 'Says it all,' writes Rfitzwater. Photograph: Rfitzwater/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Rfitzwater/GuardianWitness
