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SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE, FINLAND

When too much Santa is never enough, rug up and head north to Finland's Arctic Circle. The jolly man in the red suit is this neighborhood's most famous resident, and round these parts they milk him for all he's worth. Still, the deep wintertime snow and reindeer-dotted forests go a long way toward off setting the touristy atmosphere, though there's an amusement park called Santa Park not far from the village. You'll need deep pockets, but you'd have to be pretty Grinch-like to leave without a smile.

 VENICE

I think the most romantic time to visit Venice is in the winter – with the summer tourists a long way gone, you have more of the city to yourself, the sunlight hits the city in a unique way and the holiday lights are up in the calli (passageways). Each year, there’s usually a Christmas market – Natale di Laguna – held in Campo Stefano, but my source for all things Venice, Nan McElroy, reports that due to technical difficulties, it has been cancelled for 2009.

Nan recommends visiting the holiday mercatini (merchants) who appear all around the city, at San Bartolomeo just off the Rialto and up the Strada Nova, just to name a few. There’s also a celebration on the island of Murano – famous for its glass making – called Natale di Vetro (Christmas of glass).

If you’re planning to attend Midnight Mass at Venice’s most famous church, St. Mark’s Basilica, keep in mind that the mass actually starts at 10:30 p.m. Nan advises, “Do arrive earlier, as it’s heavily attended. Enter at the north entrance off the Piazzetta, and dress warmly: the Basilica can be drafty on a winter’s eve.”

DUBLIN, IRELAND

With a cracking sense of humor, the staunchly Catholic Irish have a few novel ways to honor Christmas. The most eyebrow-raising is a morning swim on the 25th at the Forty-Foot sea-water pool. In the lead-up to the big day there's life aplenty on Dublin's streets and the craic flows. There's the 12 Days of Christmas Market at the Docklands, cheesy pantos, Christmas lights, ice skating, and markets and seasonal cheer in Temple Bar. Don't miss carols at St Patrick's Cathedral.

ROME

When you think of Christmas in Rome, you inevitably think about Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The image of the Pope celebrating Midnight Mass is relayed around the world via television. It is possible to get tickets to be inside the basilica for the mass but you have to plan way ahead. I helped travel planning clients get tickets to Midnight Mass, but made the request some eight months in advance in May. When my parents and I spent Christmas in Rome one year, we went to St. Peter’s Square just before midnight to watch the Pope on a big television screen and see the life-size nativity. Though we weren’t inside, it was still an incredible feeling to be there that night.

St. Peter’s isn’t the only game in town, so to speak, when it comes to Christmas Eve Mass. There’s a service at the Pantheon that features Gregorian chants. The 124 steps leading to Santa Maria in Ara Coeli at the top of Capitoline Hill are filled with candles on Christmas Eve. During the mass, the church’s venerated statue of Jesus is taken from the private chapel on a ceremonial throne before being unveiled and transported to a crèche (or presepio). You can even find a church where Midnight Mass is given in English.

Speaking of crèches, Italians – and Romans – are crazy for Nativity scenes (presepi). Between late November and the Epiphany (January 6), over a hundred go on display at Sale del Bramante in Piazza del Popolo. Some of the crèches date back to the 17th century and show the incredible craftsmanship of Neapolitan artists who carefully hand make the figures. Rome is also home to a museum devoted exclusively to the Nativity – Museo del Presepio. The museum, run by the Italian Association of Friends of the Nativity, contains over 3,000 Nativity figures from various regions of Italy and around the world.

And for a last Christmas in Rome tip, don’t miss the Christmas market in Piazza Navona – twinkling lights, candy and toys for sale and spotting of Babbo Natale (Santa Claus).

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