This year, Rome is celebrating Christmas with some of the glitteriest, prettiest lights I’ve seen. Ever. And since that includes the decorations that glitter-bomb American shopping malls and cul-de-sac neighborhoods every year, that’s saying quite a bit.

Here, just a few twinkly tastes of the most Christmas-sy corners of Rome. Photos—and even a couple of short videos—to follow.

Prepare to be dazzled.

    Piazza Venezia

Via dei Coronari

Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina

Colosseum Christmas tree

Piazza Sant’Eustachio

Near Piazza Navona

Presepio at the Church of Sant’Eustachio

Via dei Baullari, toward Campo dei Fiori

Via Urbana in Monti

Piazza Venezia, looking toward the Vittorio Emanuele monument

Looking up Via del Corso from Piazza Venezia

Via dei Condotti

Near the Spanish Steps

The Fendi store on Via del Corso

Via dei Coronari

Via dei Condotti, looking toward the Spanish Steps

Via dei Condotti

Via del Corso

Piazza Sant’Eustachio, with the Church of Sant’Eustachio in the background

Via Tomacelli

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