Christmas is coming

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AP/Bullit Marquez, Reuters/Sukree Sukplang, AP/Peter Dejong, AP/Sakchai Lalit, Reuters/ANSA, Reuters/Ferran Peredes, JP/R. Berto Wedhatama

Christmas is only a couple of days away, and Christians around the world have their own particular ways to celebrate it. (Clockwise from photo far left) A woman prays in the Jakarta Cathedral after confessing her sins and receiving atonement during the Advent period. A worker climbs a ladder to check a huge mural of the Nativity scene, depicting the birth of Jesus, as he prepares for a celebration in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines. A night-time view of a section of Ratchadamari Road, one of Bangkok's main streets, decorated for Christmas with strings of lights in various shapes. One of Amsterdam's ubiquitous trams, decorated in the Christmas spirit, departs Central Station (background) in the center of Amsterdam. Models Jo Hicks (right) and Holly McGuire pose for photographers wearing Christmas lingerie for the opening of a branch of Ann Summers, dubbed Britain's most successful retailers, in Manchester. Ferrari Formula One racing drivers Ruben Barrichello (left), Michael Schumacher (center) and test driver Luca Badoer dress up as Santa Claus at the Ferrari plant in Maranello, Italy, where they were part of a Ferrari Christmas party. Tourists admire a chocolate Christmas tree at a hotel in Bangkok. Swiss chef Rene Balmer says his creation is the world's biggest chocolate Christmas tree, measuring 2.30m high, 1.20m wide and weighing 85kgs.