468 European Christmas

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

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🗓️ 24 December 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Friends from Madrid, Rome, London, and Lisbon tell us how they celebrate the yuletide holidays. We'll also hear about small-town festivities in Holland, Austria, Northern Ireland, and Bulgaria.

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0:00.0	Christmas time can bring out the child in all of us if we let it.
0:04.0	It all depends on who you include in your celebrations.
0:07.0	Please tell me honestly, do you believe in Santa Claus or do you believe in the three wise men?
0:11.0	They tell me we believe in both.
0:12.0	Hi I'm Rick Steves. Come along as we tour the... the three wise men and they tell me we believe in both.
0:12.6	Hi I'm Rick Steves.
0:14.0	Come along as we tour the different Christmas traditions our friends observe across Europe
0:18.0	in the hour ahead.
0:19.0	They often include some childhood memories of magical characters that show up this time a year.
0:25.0	He is the one who could eventually put you in the sack if you hadn't been a nice child that year.
0:32.0	After midnight mass in small town Portugal, old friends gather around bonfires to keep the
0:37.1	warm holiday spirit going late into the night.
0:39.8	Don't forget everybody went to see the birth of Jesus.
0:43.0	And in Bulgaria, they have their own symbolic customs for making Christmas dinner special.
0:49.0	Beans obligatory must be on the table.
0:51.0	Stay with us as friends from Spain and Portugal, England and Ireland, Italy, Bulgaria,
0:55.6	and Austria all share Christmas with us on Travel with Rick Steves. And the Lala, la, la, la, la, la, la,
1:14.0	and la, la, la, la,
1:15.0	la, la, la,
1:18.0	and la, la, and la,
1:20.0	la,
1:21.0	la, la, la, la, You might be surprised by the characters and the customs that people enjoy for Christmas in the old country.
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