Places We Go : A European Christmas
Have you ever thought of Christmas in Europe? I spent Christmas in San Moritz, Switzerland once upon a time and it was magical. These days, I've been longing for a European Christmas. Besides amazing settings and decorations, Europe offers their famous Christmas markets, ranging from mid November through New Year's. Let's see where we'd want to go.
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A Morris Minor decked out on a London street.
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Decorated London shops are everywhere.
Don't you love these fun Roman tree ornaments? So Italian!
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A favorite Christmas market is in Gdansk, Poland which runs from November 18 through December 23rd this year. There's still time to go!
The famous Christmas market in Stuttgart, Germany - I'd love one of those baskets!
The Nuremberg, Germany's Christmas Market offers hot mulled cider, sausages, roasted chestnuts and pastries. That's the traditional fare of most Christmas markets.
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Budapest, Hungry has some of the best Christmas Markets. Ruthann and her husband went on a cruise one November, visiting numerous Christmas Markets including those in Budapest. She brought me an adored Christmas tree ornament.
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Festival of Lights are also popular in Europe. Seville, Spain looks magical.
Here I am in San Moritz at in December, 1979. I'm in the red scarf, pictured with my work buddies at the hotel I worked at for about 8 weeks. We worked at the hotel in the morning, then had our afternoons off to skate and ski, coming back to work dinner service. I don't know if another European Christmas is in the cards, but a girl can dream.
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PPS - After reading this article, Ruthann sent me the itinerary of the Christmas markets she visited in November once upon a time ~ Bucharist, VelikoTarnova Arvanasi (Bulgaria), Belgrade (Serbia), Croatia, Budapest, Bratislova ~Slovakia, Vienna, Durnstein (Austria), Salzburg, Passau (Germany) and Munich.
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PS - Don't miss the reveal of the White House holiday decor, shown each year on HGTV. It drops on at 5 pm PST today. Each year, my favorite part is when the White House pastry chef makes a White House out of gingerbread.
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