Feel the Holiday Spirit: Moscow gears up for New Year's
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People take a ride during a fair organized for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations at Red Square in Moscow.
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People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination lights, part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration.
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Young women walk past a Christmas tree.
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People walk near the Bolshoi Theater (back), with festive illumination lights and decorations.
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Cars drive along a street decorated with festive illumination lights.
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A couple walks through decorations.
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Christmas decorations are pictured on display in the Red Square, with a star seen on the top of a Kremlin tower in the background, in central Moscow.
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