12 Christmas destinations different from what you knew about the winter holidays

If you also feel that Christmas holidays resemble each other with as much shame as if they were the second-class twins dressed the same way, maybe it's time to do something different this year and plunge into one of the 12 destinations for the Christmas holiday that we recommend below.

Nassau, Bahamas

If you want to avoid a traditional Christmas and you like the percussion rhythms that you can not afford to sit and, additionally, adore the glowing heat of the sun, then give yourself the pleasure of spending the Nassau festival! The street parade with the oldest Caribbean tradition takes place every year, on Christmas Day, on December 26 and then on New Year's Day, and competes successfully with the Mardi Gras festivals in New Orleans and Rio Carnival when it comes the words of bright and loaded costumes of jewelry.

You can spend the perfect holiday here between the two great winter holidays, upload your batteries to the less crowded beach of Cable Beach, or recreate some scuba diving in the clear blue azure depths.

Tromsø, Norway

Where can winter be more in shape than in the Arctic Circle? In Tromsø, winter looks like he trained all year long with the sweat of his forehead so that Christmas can participate in the winning world championship.

Dressed in the dark all winter, the island town of Tromsø takes off its cloak when it comes December and shows itself in all splendor. The smell of clementines, spruce branches and sweet ginger are kept after they will keep as a shadow, and the carols will flood the delightful Arctic Cathedral.

The locals get together in the Christmas markets, and if you plan to join them, do not condemn you too much if all your dietary choices will collapse like bowling bowls after a professional player has finished with them. And if you're gonna go gastronomic, let's even black out the infinite options of delicios and use the capacity of stomach luggage effectively.

So eat in responsible quantities traditional pastries, sweet gingerbread and hot shaving tea (perhaps you can ask for double quantity, tea, God).

One of the advantages of complete darkness (besides the shameless thing that hit your synaps ... ntz ntz ntz ...) is that it gives you the opportunity to see the northern lights that splash the sky and which people have called aurora boreale . Watch them in the afternoon from 6 until midnight, and while you wait to come, take advantage of the snowy snow: do dogsledding, in Romanian, go with a dog sled, do some cross country skiing or simply indulge in a classic snowball fight.

Küssnacht, Sweden

Santa Claus is expected and received in all corners of the world with eager and open arms. The same can not be said to happen in the small town of Zurich, Küssnacht, on the northern shore of Lake Lucerne, where 20,000 people wake up early this morning on 5 December to hunt and harass the old bearded full of gifts.

The event, named "Klausjagen", "The Hunting of the Moose," is one of the strangest Christmas celebrations in Europe, with a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, when the pagan communities tried to chase the evil spirits with noisy explosions. It was eventually banned in 1700, but only to be reintroduced a century later, under a new Christian form, this time having a direct target on St. Nicholas.

The parade stretches over the entire night of Santa Claus's day and consists of 180 horn blowers, 200 gunmen, giant archers lit up with candle-like candles, and 700 percussion bells, all looking for him and hunting down the rebellious Moon and the four black spirits.

Douz, Tunisia

Famous for the Star Wars series, the city of East Mlokow Douz is often called the Stargate of the Sahara. In the last 4 days of December, the Arabian tribes in the area turn this huge sand bucket into a magnificent Bedouin show.

The Sahara International Festival attracts tourists from all over the world to experience sand hockey tours, Arabic cuisine, craft fairs and traditional belly dancing shows. In Douz, the humble camel is man's best friend, and the 50,000 visitors each year enjoy great pleasure in watching camel competitions through the desert. It's not exactly a specific Christian feast, but this annual Tunisian party is celebrating all over!

Castleton, United Kingdom

If you want to get rid of all the head-to-head in December, run for gifts through late-groomed shops, post-party cleaning and dough work, we suggest better coverage than pretending to be ill and setting up an inpatient . What do you say, rather, to hide in a charming town in the heart of England, where the little joys of life will become as natural as breathing?

The Christmas lights that emanate each street meter announce clearly and bluntly that the Christmas season has begun, and every store is overhead in the way to create an inviting decoration for both locals and tourists. Most of them seem more than delighted to leave open doors over the program and compete in events, competitions, all kind of craft workshops and games for the little ones.

The 4 caves, between Castleton's boundaries, are also a must-have shoulder to create the atmosphere of Christmas; at Peak Cavern, for example, candles lit by the candle light are already a tradition. What's in the program? Concerts held by fanfare in the company of boiled wine mugs and minced meat pies. Such a holiday, shaken by any kind of worry, is always the stress of every year in December.

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto is the navel of Japanese Buddhism. So imagine that Christmas is more or less different than what you know.

With a religious connection not so much connected with the Christmas holiday, the locals celebrate the moment with an abundance of brilliant decorations and old-fashioned romance, with couples coming out of the streets on Eve to dine in restaurants, bars, "Hotels of love". Once you've tasted a bit of the town's tenderness, the Chion Temple's annual ceremony, "O-Minugui Shiki," on December 25, is a spectacular tribute to the pure Buddhist land of native land.

End the holiday day with a trip to the city's margins in Arashiyama. Protected nationally as the "Place of Beauty" in Sunrise Land, the region offers you a real adventure among the bumble bees. Here you have the feeling that you are entering another world. What more magical way to spend Christmas?

Provence, France

If you've been thinking about the cold weather and the red noses having a chance to make it to the French for a living, you were wrong how it could not. The streets of the cities are full of decorations, and the shop owners scatter the aluminum stairs hidden in the closet to make the highest windows.

After the green decoration of the city has been checked, the famous santons - the small clay figures created by local craftsmen - will be displayed and put up for sale. Initially, santons represented scenes of the Lord's birth. But in the nineteenth century, one of their creators had been struck suddenly in the softness of what might be called a creative idea, and said, "Hey, what do you say we should do otherwise?" "Anything else? What do you mean by that, Jean-Pierre ?! ", the brash mumbers murmured.

Jean Pierre waved his voice, and then went on: "After all, I have all become quite skilled in working with carved clay. Why not diversify this little bit and create some sandstone to portray ordinary people, you know, like the ones we see in our day-to-day life. "

I incline to think that the idea of ​​Jean-Pierre's gray matter was soon embraced because, a short while ago, a million different varieties of sandstone showed their faces. Bakeries, priests, fishermen, singers, butchers ... all these Christian professions have been replicated in small clay figures.

Now, letting the storytelling, let's move on to things like "what's in your hand, not a lie": food. And we know too well that France is not joking when it comes to food. The Christmas Table includes seven light dishes, symbolizing the seven virgins of the Virgin Mary, served alongside 13 rolls of bread, followed by 13 desserts. Number 13 represents Jesus' Last Supper with the 12 Apostles.

Honolulu, Hawai

Do you want Christmas in paradise? Then where else than in Ho-Ho-Honolulu? The most sunny and blooming state of the United States celebrates winter holidays from the early 19th century, but in its unique and unique way. Nowadays, the locals celebrate in a great way, namely through a Christmas party that lasts for a whole month, with fireworks, parades and Christmas carols.

It is probably the only place in the world where Santa Claus is so happy and relaxed that she is dressed in blond and red Aloha shirts, beach slippers and flower necklaces around her neck that she wears in a canoe pulled by dolphins. Not really …

Tallinn, Estonia

The old city center of Tallinn with its colorful roofs seems to have frozen between its borders a Middle Ages carved in Baroque architecture. And if you twist the key from the box of imagination, you can hear the sound of hoofed hooves in the cobbled streets.

The circulating rumors claim that Tallinn was the host of the first Christmas tree set in the streets of a European city. The legend says that in 1441 the Brotherhood of the Black Heads, an association of celibate German merchants, erected the first fir tree in the town hall market, starting to sing and dance around it. Although the Brotherhood has disappeared (as far as we know), a few things are still in place, and here we are talking about celebrating Christmas every year around the fir tree in one of Europe's largest Christmas markets.

Here you can find handcrafted products as long as grass; you just have to tear your teeth when you feel the cold and watch the stands with everything from woolen hats and ceramics to scented candles and wooden decorations.

Between shopping sessions, stop at one of the trays for some traditional sauerkraut (a cabbage salted with flax seed), some sausages in the blood and a glass of boiled wine.

Livingstone, Zambia

With a predominant Christian population, the capital of Zambia, Livingstone is always cheerful and happy in December, with locals welcoming guests with open arms, receiving carols and sharing gifts.

But the coolest gift you can do here is a trip outside the city to the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, protected by UNESCO. The park connects Zambia with its southern neighbor, Zimbabwe, and is known for the wildlife jungle and the Victoria cascade, named by the locals, "Smoke that screams." The locals are extremely proud of this noisy national treasure, and the fact that Zambia is little visited by tourists can not mean for you but that the adventure through the jungle does not have to divide it with other crowded crowds and annoyingly crowded.

Victoria Falls is one of the most impressive (and incurable of romantic places on earth). The semi-moon rainbow and the kaleidoscope of colors will remain in your memory for the rest of your life.

Budapesta, Ungaria

Are you looking for a cheap and lasting Christmas offer that is suited to a low budget? Then the Hungarian capital is the best choice for a charming Christmas! First you have the Vörösmarty Square Christmas Market. Known as one of Europe's cheapest Christmas fairs, traditional Christmas presents are replaced here by hand-made Hungarian handmade items.

And if the negative temperatures of December, the cold wind and the snow come into your bone marrow, then you can warm yourself up in the biggest thermal bath in Budapest, Széchenyi.

And then do not forget the story trams! Throughout December, three central tramlines are equipped with a tram that resembles the songs of the fairy tale of Crăiesea Zapezii, which make the nights of this capital underestimated as a value of Budapest to be a dream right!

Sydney, Australia

For those who can not afford the cold winter, not even the holidays, there is a fantastic Christmas destination at Bondi Beach. The most lively beach is the perfect place to kiss you under the mistletoe, to give yourself ... a sleigh on the waves (that is, on the surfboard) and to make a perfect grill for Christmas Eve dinner. And lovers of rhythm and dance can go to the Christmas Sunburnt Christmas festival.