1.   For a spicy Christmas, you can string your tree with little lights in the shape of chili peppers.

2.   The excitement mounted Christmas Eve as we watched my father string the tree with lights.

3.   Trees are strung with tiny white lights and rambling roses climb the walls along the walk, nestling against borders of pink petunias and cascading ivy.

4.   A tree was strung across a roof in her Puerto Viejo shanty neighborhood, a mix of concrete homes and tin shacks in southern Ponce city.

5.   Trees were strung with tiny multicolored lights, and the Tiananmen Gate was decked with big red lanterns.

6.   Trees were strung with multicolored lights, and Tiananmen gate, which overlooks the square, was decorated with big red lanterns.