A little cultural treat

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and the fun version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko94b3I0X0Y

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A woman in Sussex will rent out her stable over Christmas as a hotel room to raise money for charity.

From the BBC: Sussex stable to be used as hotel room over Christmas

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@Walter Hinteler,

Third Advent.

Hard to believe.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZWM2ZSKv21M/SUVOkJxDQOI/AAAAAAAAEQs/ICjA-6FlF0I/s400/3rd+advent+008.jpg

went to a Christmas concert last night with Set and Brenda Lee. Brenda's husband appeared partway through (in the audience, not onstage)

Wonderful concert. I haven't been to that kind of traditional Canadian Christmas concert in probably 30 years. It was nice, if a bit white.

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The Brandenburg Gat in Potsdam with parts of "Blauer Lichterglanz" ['blue blaze of light'] as the local Christmas market is called (we're staying there over the holidays/New Year):

And the same Brandenburg Gat, but completely in Lübeck marzipane, as seen tonight as well, in a local department store:

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Christmas in Lübbenau/ "Spree woods" (Spreewald)

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Christmas Market in Toronto's Distillery District

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Tomorrow is the 1rst Advent, Christmas markets have opened everywhere, in our town,of course, too

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One of the oldest German 'Christmas Markets', the Nuremberg Christkindl Market opened today (first mentioned in 1628, it's two hundred younger than the one in Dresden [1434]

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@Walter Hinteler,

The one in my native town is a lot smaller, doesn't have such a long tradition, lasts only over one weekend ... but opened today as well [Many have opened already from last weekend onwards.]

Our town's Christmas market opened today, too, lasts until ... well, Christmas. (In my opinion only atractive due to the ice-rink.)

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@Walter Hinteler,

Wonderful!

I'm looking forward to going to one of Toronto's Christmas Markets this weekend.

The one in the Distillery District starts today.

http://www.torontochristmasmarket.com/