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

Female moose, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA (© Cavan Images/Alamy Stock Photo)

Sattais Katcheri (Court of 27 pillars), Amber Fort, Rajasthan, India (© Yury Taranik/Shutterstock)

Indian Navy soldiers in front of the Gateway of India, Mumbai (© Danish Siddiqui/REUTERS)

Tufa formation on Mono Lake, California, USA (© Susanna Patras/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

Old Town in Helsinki, Finland (© Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)

Jahangir Mahal inside the Orchha Fort complex, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh (© Mukul Banerjee Photography/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France (© Julien Fromentin/Getty Images)

Two Guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (© Floris van Breugel/NPL/Minden Pictures)

The Cornish Coast Path covered in snow, Land's End, Cornwall, England (© Josef FitzGerald-Patrick/Getty Images)

Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy (© Daniel Maran/Getty Images)

Poinsettia or Christmas flower (© David Hosking/NPL/Minden Pictures)

Christmas market, St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Hungary (© Calin Stan/Shutterstock)

Northern hawk-owl, Canada (© pchoui/Getty Images)

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

Salzburg, Austria (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)

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

English National Ballet performing 'The Nutcracker' (© Caroline Holden/Alamy Stock Photo)

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

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

Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California (© SamAntonioPhotography/Getty Images)

Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh (© Dinodia Photo/Getty Images)

Christmas market scene in Germany (© Cyril Gosselin/Getty Images)

Svalbard reindeer in Van Mijenfjorden NP, Norway (© Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Christmas lights at Mousehole harbour, Cornwall, England (© ianwool/Getty Images)

Lake Bled, Slovenia (© Kesu01/Getty Images)

Dudhsagar Falls, Goa (© Basavaraj s y/Shutterstock)

Borobudur temple, Java, Indonesia (© Robertharding/Shutterstock)

Tasmanian snow gum and pandani plants near Lake Dobson, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia (© Whitworth Images/Getty Images)

New Year's Eve fireworks over Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (© Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

Polar bears at play in the Arctic (© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock)