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Some people in Nevada participate in the Las Vegas Great Santa Run. Bryan Steffy/Contributor/Getty ImagesPeople across the US celebrate Christmas differently. Drive-thru light displays are popular in Connecticut, Louisiana, and West Virginia. Meanwhile, Alabama and Idaho are known for having lavish Christmas trees in front of their capitols. The song goes, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.

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