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Germany was closest to America's "traditional" Christmas, but my most memorable one was in Israel in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity. I'm not really religious, but it was an amazing experience.
Germany & South Korea for me (outside of my native U.S.A.) I, too, am not very religious, but Christmas in Germany (and the rest of Europe) seems closer to what we 'Mericans do... I rather miss Germany's Kriskindlmarkts (Christmas markets); they were a highlight of my overseas USAF tours. Gluehwein, mushrooms in red wine and Belgian waffles were AWESOME!
Germany was closest to America's "traditional" Christmas, but my most memorable one was in Israel in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity. I'm not really religious, but it was an amazing experience.
My list is: USA, England, France, Ecuador, Israel.
As for Israel you only know it is Christmas if you are in Bethlehem or Nazareth mainly. In the rest of Israel, Christmas is not observed and is a regular work day.
As for Israel you only know it is Christmas if you are in Bethlehem or Nazareth mainly. In the rest of Israel, Christmas is not observed and is a regular work day.
Yep. What's even more odd is that you have to maintain "the Spirit of Christmas" when you are being sent into large enclosed areas according to your gender where you are given a body search and then have to walk by soldiers with machine guns in order to even get into the church. "Ho Ho Ho!"
Germany & South Korea for me (outside of my native U.S.A.) I, too, am not very religious, but Christmas in Germany (and the rest of Europe) seems closer to what we 'Mericans do... I rather miss Germany's Kriskindlmarkts (Christmas markets); they were a highlight of my overseas USAF tours. Gluehwein, mushrooms in red wine and Belgian waffles were AWESOME!
Ah...Gluehwein. I remember my first Kristkindlmarkt where I drank too much gluehwein and end up buying anything that sparkled! I still have a few of the ugliest ornaments on earth just to remind me how loopy I got. That stuff sneaks up on you fast but it sure does warm you up.
Just my own country (USA) and (London) England.
One of my best ever New Years was Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I am kind of a homebody when it comes to Christmas, but I have a feeling that a Christmas in Paris might happen sometime in my future.
Christmas '93 in Zagreb (Croatia's capital) alone at a friend's apartment sharing a six-pack on the front porch with the building's guards armed with AK-47s; post-modern interpretation of the Dickensian classic sans the "Bah! Humbug!"
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