Happy Holidays, everyone! As the Northern Hemisphere enters the darkest and coldest months at the end of the year, it is always good to hear well-wishing from loved ones and strangers. Around this time of year, people across the world are putting in some extra effort to spend time with their family, festooning their homes with treasured knick-knacks, and generally embracing winter as a part of the miracle of living on Earth.
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Mapped: How to Wish Someone a Merry Christmas in Every European Country
Do you celebrate Christmas? If so: Merry Christmas! I hope you get the chance to eat at least one massive gingerbread cookie and witness your hometown or neighborhood glisten in a fresh blanket of snow. If you plan on traveling to Europe for the holiday season, Jakub Marian has put together a useful map of all the ways you can wish someone who celebrates Christmas, a Merry Christmas. Check it out. 
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