The traditional Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate is illuminated on Sunday evening, Nov. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

South Korean children wearing Santa Claus outfits hold charity pot-shaped cakes during a ceremony to prepare charity pots for a year-end fund-raising campaign for the underprivileged at the Salvation Army office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A diver in Santa's costume feeds moray and spotted eagle ray as part of a Christmas event at Sunshine International aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

South Korean Christians, left bottom, sing a song at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in front of the Seoul City Hall, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Sang-kyun)

Christmas decorations light up the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, as the Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background. The decorations are traditionally put up late November each year for Christmas. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Workers decorate a Christmas tree outside a shopping mall in central Beijing Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Though not a tradition in China, Christmas has been seized upon by retailers who use it as a way to encourage gift giving, and the accompanying boost in sales. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

People walk past Christmas lights and tree in front of golden domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)

People walkunder Christmas lights decorated in the town of Varna, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo)

High wire motorcycle artist Dean Schmidt is dressed like a Santa Claus as he waves to visitors of a Christmas fair in Berlin on Monday Nov. 24, 2008. In the background is Berlin's TV tower. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

A colorful traditional St. Nicholas procession of lights threads its way through the village of Kuessnacht at the Rigi mountain in Switzerland, during the pre Christmas period, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)

Members of the soccer teams of Angles and Santa Claus challenge for the ball during their charity Christmas soccer match in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. The charity match between a youth girls team and a 5th division Hamburg men's team is played as a fundraising match for the Uwe Seeler Foundation, and ended in a 10-10 draw. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

The 62nd annual Christmas Tree from Norway is lit in Trafalgar Square, in London, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Every Christmas since 1947 the City of Oslo has give a Christmas tree to London in gratitude for the help Norway was given by Britain during World War II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A crane lowers a star atop a giant Christmas tree near the Mohammad al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

A diver, dressed as Santa Claus,feeds a stingray and other fishes at the Manila Ocean Park, the Philippines largest oceanarium Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 in Manila. The diver donned the Santa costume to attract tourists for Christmas holidays. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Fireworks explode over the Michigan Capitol and the official state Christmas tree following a ceremony lighting the tree, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, in Lansing, Mich. The 65-foot spruce tree came from Negaunee in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

A traffic warden gives directions as a giant Christmas tree is brought to St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The 33-meter (109-foot) red spruce arrived overnight from the forests of the Piesting valley in Austria. The official lighting ceremony will be held Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Russ Twoey, 33, left, and his father Gary Twoey, 56, right, touch the original Leg Lamp during their tour of the house that was made famous in the film "A Christmas Story" on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo//The Plain Dealer, Lisa DeJong)

The "Unter den Linden" boulevard is illuminated with fairy lights as Christmas approaches in Berlin on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. The background shows the landmark Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

Visitors of a shopping mall at square Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, surf the Internet on Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. The shopping mall is already decorated for Christmas. German consumer confidence has defied the country's slide into recession to show another small improvement, as falling fuel prices and an industrial wage deal help boost workers' income outlook, a survey found Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)

The Peace Tower and Parliament Hill are lit with giant snowflakes during the Christmas Lights Across Canada illumination ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday Dec. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

The traditional holiday light display illuminates the Denver City County Building late on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

An illuminated tree is seen in front of the Christmas market in Duisburg, western Germany, Friday Dec 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Carolers sing a Christmas song as they ride a barge on the San Antonio River under holiday lights on the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)