Stretch into the New Year
Arctic fox sleeping (© Chansak Joe/Getty Images)

Where Berlin bridges the New Year
New Year's Eve, Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, Germany (© spreephoto.de/Getty Images)

Where Berlin bridges the New Year
New Year's Eve, Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, Germany (© spreephoto.de/Getty Images)

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Whoop, there they fly
Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan (© Martin Bailey/Shutterstock)

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Whoop, there they fly
Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan (© Martin Bailey/Shutterstock)

The church that outlived a city
St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye (© Kenan Talas/Getty Images)

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The church that outlived a city
St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye (© Kenan Talas/Getty Images)

What remains wild
Black-and-white ruffed lemur in Madagascar (© Cyrielle Beaubois/Getty Images)

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What remains wild
Black-and-white ruffed lemur in Madagascar (© Cyrielle Beaubois/Getty Images)

Shards of winter
Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota (© wanderluster/Getty Images)

Shards of winter
Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota (© wanderluster/Getty Images)

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Unboxed traditions
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England (© Julian Elliott Photography/Getty Images)

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Unboxed traditions
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England (© Julian Elliott Photography/Getty Images)

Miniature worlds, infinite wonder
Snow globes at a Christmas market in Heidelberg, Germany (© George Pachantouris/Getty Images)

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Miniature worlds, infinite wonder
Snow globes at a Christmas market in Heidelberg, Germany (© George Pachantouris/Getty Images)

Traditions that travel
Snowy chapel with Christmas tree in the Bavarian Alps, Germany (© mauritius images GmbH/Alamy)

Traditions that travel
Snowy chapel with Christmas tree in the Bavarian Alps, Germany (© mauritius images GmbH/Alamy)

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Where holiday magic runs on hooves
Reindeer during winter snowfall, Lapland, Finland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

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Where holiday magic runs on hooves
Reindeer during winter snowfall, Lapland, Finland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

From Hoffmann's pages to global stages
'The Nutcracker' performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara, Türkiye (© Anadolu/Getty Images)