Rick Steves' European Christmas

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More info about travel to Europe: https://www.ricksteves.com/europe From England to Norway, Burgundy to Bavaria, and Rome to the top of the Swiss Alps, Rick Steves' European Christmas gets you a seat at the family feast; saves you a pew up in the lofts with the finest choirs; and hands you a rolling pin in grandma's kitchen as she labors over her best-kept holiday secrets. You'll join Romans cooking up female eels, Parisians slurping oysters, Tuscans tossing fruit cakes, and Norwegian kids winning marzipan pigs. Exploring the rich and fascinating mix of traditions — Christian, pagan, commercial, and edible — you'll see Christmas in a new light. At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.

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Excelent!

Thank you for this lovely video and for providing subtitles. I remember watching it on tv and fell in love with it. Wish you would go to Spain too.

I have been to many countries for the Christmas, Finland has it the best.

52:04 - Pope John Paul II in front. To the left in the background Pope Benedict XVI (then: Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger)

Santa must have taken the believes also from Turkey , hanging a red ribbon on brach of a Pain Tree and wishing some thing from God , you know only all Central Asians and Altai people (Altai is where Chinese given Turks the name "Turk") worship trees hanging ribbons on them , the Red color is believed to be a protecter from evil things by Turks , so today's Turks still use it such as all Turks wear a red ribbon on their wedding dress (wedding Dresses were totally red till last 2 or 3 generations ) , and when a Turkish woman gave birth she wears a red ribbon on her head , but they don't know why do they wear it , but just know that it is a tradition . Turks still hang some bush on their entrance doors to be protected from devil things in Hıdırelles celebration , when the springs come on 4th May , and fire guns out to frighten evil creatures ....

the truth is Rick the foie grah that you just showed should be illegal everywhere in the world and anyone that is found with it serving it caught with it it should be charged with animal abuse and charged with felonies there is no excuse for that God did not allow for man to torture his animals every fancy chef would charge them off and put them in jail

Wrong about Christmas. Would a mother forget when her son was born? Mary was part of the early church and would have known the date of her sons birth, plus we also have the census information from that era and know when it was taken. Christ was born on Christmas. The pagan celebration ended several days before Christmas. So it was not a "clever pope" that did this. The date was always known and handed down by tradition. Also, see the documentary "The Star of Bethlehem" for it confirms the date by the stars.

Gorgeous, just gorgeous, thank you 🎅🏻🎉🎄⛄️🍾🌟❄️🎁

To watch this video on christmas eve (since they were separate podcasts) has become a tradition itself to me. ;)

Beautiful. Thank you.

just love watching every Christmas ☕🎄

Rick has one of the best jobs

thanks much

Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you Rick Steves for such a wonderful program. God Bless you and Merry Christmas.

This was so Wonderful! It really feels like Christmas watching this beautiful program. Great Job and Thank you YouTube!!

Dear Rick, I lived in Germany for a long time and your interesting travel shows remind me that time there. Thank you very much for sharing them with us and Merry Christmas! Greets from Latinamerica :)

merry Christmas to all the believer's of holy son, mother and Lord. Amen

Great film....,why not make one with estern and south -estern Europe,which stated against evel for millennia and keep doing so😇

What a wonderful hour program to enjoy the many traditions and celebrations of Christmas in Europe. Thank you so much for uploading this heartwarming Rick Steves' holiday special.