270c International Christmas Party
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Hear about holiday traditions in Wales, Hungary, Sicily, and Scotland, then learn about the unique ways people light up the season in Santa Fe — where the glow of luminarias and the scent of piñon wood fires leave a lasting impression. And listen in as we head much farther south to hear how scientists at a research station in Antarctica make merry. Also, listeners share some of their favorite Christmas memories from holiday travels.
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| 0:00.0 | It's that time again when people all over the world get together with their extended families to keep their Christmas traditions going for another year |
| 0:07.1 | We gather all together and we wait until midnight and then we go to the church and we wait for the birth of the Bambeello and all the little child. |
| 0:15.6 | Hi I'm Rick Steeves. In the hour ahead we'll hear about the special touches people give to the |
| 0:20.3 | holidays in different corners of the world. |
| 0:22.6 | From Sicily to Santa Fe to Budapest. |
| 0:25.1 | There is always a reason to celebrate something. |
| 0:27.5 | And Edinburgh, where there's a tradition to leave out a little something |
| 0:31.0 | extra on Christmas Eve for the old man. |
| 0:33.0 | I was brought up always to leave a little drum for Santa as well, |
| 0:36.0 | because you needed a wee whiskey to get him over the North Pole. |
| 0:39.0 | While in Antarctica, summer and December means the sun doesn't set on the party. |
| 0:43.5 | You can enjoy your bourbon or your scotch or your gin over glacial ice that is tens of thousands of years old. |
| 0:51.5 | There's a warm seed in our slave for you, so come along for a delightfully international Christmas ride. |
| 0:57.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steeves. One great way to connect with the locals is to speak the language or at least some of it. |
| 1:05.0 | Rosetta Stone is a fast fun way to learn. |
| 1:08.0 | It's got helpful tools like online video chats with native speaking teachers. |
| 1:13.7 | You can take the Rosetta Stone demo or purchase the program at a special discount at |
| 1:18.6 | Rosetta Stone.com. |
| 1:20.0 | We're having a Christmas party international style today on Travel with Rick |
| 1:26.7 | Steves. Hi I'm Rick Steves and I've invited some of my friends from |
| 1:30.3 | around the globe to join us to tell us how they celebrate the holidays where they live. |
| 1:35.0 | And while the main characters of the holiday are pretty much the same the world over, |
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