Halo around the sun, Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany (© Martin Ruegner/Getty Images)

Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland (© Smelov/Shutterstock)

Sibiu Christmas Market, Romania (© Calin Stan/Alamy Stock Photo)

Elephants in Jim Corbett National Park, India (© ABHILASH VISWA PICASSO/Shutterstock)

Traditional red fishermen's cabins on the shore of Reinefjorden, Norway (© Pilat666/Getty Images)

Salzburg, Austria (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)

Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)