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TRADITIONS
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kicks off on Dec. 21 when the entire historic center turns itself into a Christmas Village. Decorations fill the streets, with music and dancing throughout the area. Santa and his elves walk around all day singing and playing music. Musicians stroll through the street dressed as Sammarinese shepherds and play the traditional zampogna, a bagpipe type instrument brought from ancient Greece to southern Italy.
A skating rink is set up as well as a nearby toboggan run. Children can take
a ride in a sleigh driven by an elf and take pictures with Santa and his reindeer at the Wonders Village in Campo Bruno Reffi. The village is also enjoyable for adults with all the lights, Christmas trees with packets underneath, Christmas songs, poinsettias, and the wooden houses with the red and white tents at the windows.
Residents and visitors in all these places can enjoy a different type of Christmas which is heavily influenced by geography and the unique culture of these Italian-speaking areas. IAH
Revelers celebrate the new year at La Tavolata in Ascona, Switzerland.
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