15 Cities Around the World That Go All Out for Christmas

Go for Rockefeller Center, of course, but stay for the Christmas windows at Bergdorf Goodman, Saks and Barneys, then head to Dyker Heights in Brooklyn for over-the-top neighborhood Christmas lights.

The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade runs for five nights every Christmas season, and dates back 100 years.

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Christmas in Hawaii is its own special holiday gift. But the Waikele neighborhood lights put other neighborhoods to shame—and not only because they're 100 percent solar-powered.

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The Winter Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls lasts from the beginning of November to the end of January. Everything is illuminated. No, seriously—there are more than two million lights.

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The annual Festival of Lights, aka Alumbrados Navideños or El Alumbrado, is one of the city's biggest festivals of the year. This year's displays include 26 million LED lights—which is actually 11 million fewer than last year.

The floating Christmas tree in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon has two million lights.

The Champs-Elysées done up in Christmas lights—could anything be more magical? (And this year, the inimitable Karl Lagerfeld turned it all red.)

For Le Luci d'Artista each year in Salerno, the city is festooned with incredible lights and installations.

Technically, Georgians don't celebrate Christmas until January 7. In Liberty Square, the statue of St. George decorated like a Christmas tree gets everyone in the holiday mood.

Christmas really takes over Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world.

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The don't call it the Grand Palace for nothing—especially at Christmastime.

In Cathedral Square, you'll find one of the world's most beautiful Christmas trees.

Magical light displays dot Tokyo in the winter—including Ao no Dokutsu ('Blue Cavern') along the Meguro River.

The magical light display in Kobe has somber roots—it honors the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

As one might expect, Victoria Harbor truly does go all out at Christmas. Prepare to have dropped jaws.