before we go tonight on this Christmas week, we want to take a look at how Christians around the world are celebrating the season.

Across Europe, there are Christmas markets filled with gift stalls, hot drinks, and twinkling lights.

In Mexico City, vibrant displays of Poinsettia.

The plant's association with Christmas is said to have originated with a Mexican legend.

Around the world, Christmas spirit takes many forms.

Some Christmas trees are celebrities.

New York City's iconic Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree.

Chicago's official tree in Millennium Park.

and in Washington DC, the Capitol Christmas tree or people's tree, cut each year from a national forest, a gift from the people to the people.

This year's came from Nevada's Humboldt Toyabbi National Forest.

and not all Christmas trees are natural.

An environmentalist in Ghana used hundreds of plastic bottles to build a glowing tree Intricate and elaborate nativity scenes are on display in Krakow, Poland, which holds an annual competition.

I've been working on this larger nativity scene for practically a year.

Well, 10 months, so a year.

In this crash, it's not exactly a stable where Jesus is born.

All nativity scenes dep ic t Jesus as scripture dictates, born in humble circumstances.

The Krakow nativity scene, however, differs from all of them, and that Christ is born in a palace, but it's not a real palace, it's a fantasy palace.

fabricated completely in the minds of the nativity scene makers.

These palaces depict the holy Family Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus in a manger.

Some Polish nativities include a volvo dragon, a legendary beast from Polish mythology.

An altogether different material is used in Spain's Canary Islands.

Artists from around the world carved detailed nativity scenes into the sands of Los Conterra Beach.

We had a super strong storm with a lot of wind and water.

We faced several problems, which makes it all the more commendable.

During the Christmas holidays, more than 200,000 people are expected to view these scenes crafted by artists over a period of several weeks.

and in Ukraine's capital Kiev for 1/4 year in a row, celebrations go on even as air raid sirens warn of imminent Russian attacks.

There are decorations and lights despite ongoing power cuts resulting from Russian attacks on the country's infrastructure.

and in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, there are public Christmas celebrations for the first time since the beginning of the Israeli Hamas war in Gaza.

Now they've returned, perhaps in hopes of achieving what the Bible says the angel proclaimed when announcing Jesus' birth.

Peace on earth and goodwill to men.