The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit by 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
A Christmas tree on a street of Santo Domingo, on December 20, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ERIKA SANTELICES
A woman takes a picture of her daughter near a Christmas decoration display inside a shopping mall in the Shatin region of Hong Kong on December 5, 2011. Shopping malls in the city are showcasing extravagent holiday decorations in an attempt to attract customer traffic for the busy holiday season. AFP PHOTO / AARON TAM
A four storey-tall Christmas tree is seen in a shopping mall in the Kowloon Tong region of Hong Kong on December 5, 2011. Shopping malls in the city are showcasing extravagent holiday decorations in an attempt to attract customer traffic for the busy holiday season. AFP PHOTO / AARON TAM
Lebanese gather around a giant Christmas tree decorated with Christmas greetings in different languages during the launch of 2011 Christmas Festivities in Beirut on December 3, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO
A visitor takes pictures of Christmas trees illuminated by LED lights in Shah Alam, some 25 kilometres west of the country's capital Kuala Lumpur on December 8, 2011. Despite having a Muslim majority dominated by ethnic Malays, a large percentage of ethnic minorities in Malaysia celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. AFP PHOTO/Mohd Rasfan
A man takes photos of the ligthing of a Christmas tree at the Bolivar Square on December 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Luis Acosta
People attend to the ilumination of Christmas tree at the El Zocalo square in Mexico City on December 20, 2011. Mexicans prepare to celebrate the Christmas and New Year party. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ
A giant Christmas tree stands in the middle of the Galeries Lafayette department store Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 in Paris. Christmas in France, much like the holiday season in other countries, is not simply a two-day affair. Decorations and special events, often even in the smallest of villages, begin more than a month ahead of time. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
An illuminated Christmas tree stands by the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Dec.8. 2011. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Worshippers leave a church lit up for Christmas festivities in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Christians in India make up just over 2 percent of its 1 billion population. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Palestinians watch the lighting of a Christmas tree at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity in West Bank town of Bethlehem,Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, houses decorated with festive lights are seen in South Shields, England, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
A Christmas tree, made up of 276 teddy bears, is displayed as part of a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas at Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Many South Korean companies take advantage of the Christmas to promote their business amid weak sales and economic slowdown. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
People crowd Piazza Venezia to take a look at a Christmas tree and a nativity scene that was set in front of the Vittoriano monument, the Unknown Soldier's tomb, in Rome Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The National Christmas Tree is pictured after it was lit by President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha Obama and and mother-in-law Marian Robinson, at the Ellipse across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec., 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The first family, from rear left, Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and Malia Obama greet children dressed as elves at the annual Christmas in Washington taping at the National Building Museum in Washington, on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Fireworks explode over an 85-meter long floating Christmas tree at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas neighborhood as it is lit for the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Fireworks explode over an 85-meter long floating Christmas tree at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas neighborhood as it is lit for the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Pilgrims and tourists gather around the 30 meters (98 feet) Christmas tree in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, that was lit for the first time Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. The tree was supplied by Ukraine. In background is the St. Peter's Basilica facade. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pakistani Christians make final adjustments to decorations on a Christmas tree at St. John's Cathedral, during preparations for Christmas celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
The Christmas Tree at the Rotuses square in Kaunas, Lithuania, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Group of artists used 40,000 recycled plastic bottles to create this 42-foot tall Christmas tree. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A Filipino woman looks forward as others raise their gifts during an attempt to break a Guinness world record for the biggest, simultaneous exchange of gifts, or kris kringle, in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Christmas trees are decorated in front of the Monte Carlo Casino for Christmas and New Year, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Monaco. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Prince Albert II of Monaco looks at dancers after swimming in the Mediterranean sea, in Monaco, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, during the traditional Christmas bathing session. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
According to the market organisers, the world's largest Christmas tree towers above the Christmas market in the city center of Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. The 45 meter high Christmas tree is made of 1700 spruces, weighs 30 tons and and is illuminated by 40.000 lights. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
The Norwegian Christmas tree stands with its lights switched on after the annual lighting up ceremony backdropped by the National Gallery and flanked by a clock counting down to the start of the London 2012 Olympic games in Trafalgar Square, London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The Christmas tree is the city of Oslo's traditional Christmas gift to the City of Westminster as a token of thanks for British support during the years of occupation during World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
People visit Castle Square to see the newly lit Christmas Tree in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The tree is 27 meters, or 88.5 ft, high. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Band members perform after an early morning mass which signals the beginning of the celebrations for Christmas Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 in suburban Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines. The early morning mass is a religious tradition where Filipinos attend a mass for nine consecutive days until Christmas. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
Farmers with reindeer pose for the photographers outside Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron's official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, during the annual children's Christmas party, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is seen after is was lit by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a lighting ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
People walk towards a Christmas tree at Plaza de Mayo, back dropped by the government house, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
More than 200 booths offer traditional Thuringian handicrafts and sweets and a big ferris wheel, center, stand on the Christmas Fair in front of the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary) and St. Severi's Church in Erfurt, central Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The Erfurt Christmas Market is one of the most beautiful Christmas Markets in the whole of Germany. The square is beautifully decorated with a huge, candle-lit Christmas tree and a large, hand-carved wooden creche. (AP Photo / Jens Meyer)
Lights illuminate the Christmas market in Weimar, central Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Weimar won the ranking of the U.S. news channel CNN as the world's best Christmas market. CNNgo, the travel magazine of CNN, told on the website: 'Germany gave the world the first Christmas market, and Weimar the first public Christmas tree, put up by a bookseller Hoffmann who wanted to bring joy to poor children in 1815.' The Christmas in Weimar unites tradition and stories. Strasbourg, France, placed 2nd and Edinburgh, Scotland, placed 3rd. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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