Scenes from the holiday season
A worker helps to unload the giant tree. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
The Capitol Christmas tree is an Engelmann spruce from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Two people put their heads together outside a display window when Macy's Herald Square holiday windows are unveiled in New York City on November 19. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Macy's Herald Square holiday windows are unveiled with a design of hands clapping as a thank you letter to the city and those who were on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A passerby observes the Macy's Herald Square windows. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Store manager Lori Markus stocks the freezers with turkeys as business for Thanksgiving begins to ramp up at Schnucks Markets in Ladue, Mo., on November 19. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
St. Louis Aquarium divers Aaron Sproll (L) and Charmaine von Kriegenbergh, dressed as Santa Claus and an elf, wave to the guests in the Shark Caynon at Union Station in St. Louis on November 17. The two will make several dives a day during the holiday season, talking to visitors to the aquarium, answering questions about the inhabitants of the aquarium, while swimming with the fish. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Workers unload boxes of Thanksgiving turkeys. Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens were distributing 900 turkeys and food vouchers to families and individuals in need as part of their annual turkey giveaway in New York City on November 17. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
People wait in a long line to receive food at the annual turkey giveaway. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Issa Kassissieh relaxes on a salt formation dressed as Santa as part of an event organized by the Israel Ministry of Tourism to encourage tourism to the Dead Sea ahead of the Christmas holiday in Ein Bokek, Israel on November 15. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lifted into place by crane as it arrives at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on November 14. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
This year's Rockefeller tree is a 75-foot tall Norway Spruce from Oneonta, N.Y. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Crews from Ameren Energy use bucket trucks to erect the Salvation Army Christmas tree near the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch in St. Louis on November 12. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Jerry Lashley of Switch compares new LED Christmas lights to the older bulb type during an inspection process for the Salvation Army in St. Louis on November 12. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Ann Slayton of Switch, an experiential marketing and advertising agency, checks the brightness of new LED bulbs in the star that will sit atop the Salvation Army Christmas tree in St. Louis on November 12. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
