By Ruth Styles From a snowy Christmas lunch in Antarctica to the spectacular light projections currently brightening the facade of Sydney's St Mary's cathedral, the world is gearing up for Christmas in style. But for festive fun, little compares to London's very own Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, which, as these stunning images reveal, comes with lashings of Christmas cheer. Also enjoying a spot of festive cheer were the crew of HMS Protector, a Royal Navy ice patrol ship, who stopped for an early Christmas lunch on an Antarctic ice floe. Scroll down for video Festive fun: The crew of HMS Protector, an ice patrol ship, tuck into an early Christmas lunch while sitting on an Antarctic ice floe. Lunch was followed by a football match
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In Sydney, St Mary's cathedral is being lit with stunning light projections of religious images
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The crew of the Royal Navy's ice patrol shop HMS Protector had an Christmas lunch in Antarctica
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At home, Londoners took in the sights and lights of Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park
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Beamish Open Air Museum got a festive makeover that included fairy lights for its vintage vehicles
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Pastry chefs in Ham, a village in Picardie, attempted to make the world's longest festive log
Tasty treat: A warmly wrapped up couple inspect the colourful penny sweets on display at one large stand at @placeholder's Winter Wonderland