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...baroque Piazza Navona is worth a visit for its first-rate buskers alone. In Naples, the entire Via San Gregorio Armeno is given over to cr?che scenes and figurines. The largest of Vienna's markets takes place in front of the Rathaus, or City Hall. At the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm, look out for the procession of white-clad girls bearing candles in honor of St. Lucy (her feast is Dec. 13, the year's shortest day before the calendar change). European tour operators offer trips to most of these markets...
...baroque Piazza Navona is worth a visit for its first-rate buskers alone. In Naples, the entire Via San Gregorio Armeno is given over to crèche scenes and figurines. The largest of Vienna's markets takes place in front of the Rathaus, or City Hall). At the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm, look out for the procession of white-clad girls bearing candles in honor of St. Lucy (her feast is Dec. 13, the year's shortest day before the calendar change). European tour operators offer trips to most of these markets...
Although the traditional whole roast ham will be rationed to a few slices, Stockholm Stringer E. Michael Salzer cabled that the customary lutfisk and schnapps were plentiful. As usual, he planned to be on hand for the huge bonfire on Skansen, the famous open-air museum overlooking the city, and the annual rendition of Tennyson's New Year's poem by Veteran Actor Anders de Wahl. Along with other male Dubliner's, Stringer Alan Montgomery may kiss as many girls as he can during the five minutes after midnight...
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