December is a time of pre-New Year's bustle, when you need to think not only about New Year's gifts, but also about how and where to spend the holidays. All over Europe, on the eve of Catholic Christmas, there are holiday fairs where you can listen to cheerful music, taste national Christmas treats, and buy traditional souvenirs.
In recent years, short tours for Catholic Christmas in Europe have become very popular. In most cities, traditional fairs open at the beginning of December, barkers and mummers walk the streets and squares, Christmas sales are held, grog and mulled wine are pouring in. Traditional Christmas markets are especially popular in Poland, France and Austria. Nuremberg becomes the center of Christmas festivities, where the main Christmas market in Germany opens with daily shows - the Kriskindlesmarkt. All the fun after Christmas happens in Berlin. On December 31, fans of unusual competitions participate in the New Year's carnival pancake race. Admirers of gypsy music should go to Hungary. At the end of December, Budapest hosts a wine and music festival with the participation of the famous Gypsy Orchestra, as well as a Hungarian wine tasting. On New Year's Eve, the New Year's Ball is held in one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe - the Opera House. The month of beer is December in Belgium and Denmark. The Christmas beer festival takes place in the city of Essen in the north of Belgium. Every year 75 types of beer are presented for tasting at the festival. In Denmark, Christmas beer starts selling in November. European ski centers begin their work in December. In Spain, Switzerland, France, Finland, Austria, the Czech Republic, winter resorts offer a large selection of chalets and hotels, modern lifts, wide tracks. In several resorts, in addition to skiing or snowboarding, you can swim in the springs of thermal waters. Clear blue water and white beaches in December will give the paradise Maldives. People come here for serenity and tranquility, which is so difficult to find in the modern world. In the Maldives, night fishing is the main attraction. The resorts of India are becoming more and more popular every year, one of them is Goa. Here you can combine a beach holiday with excursions to elephant farms, look at spice plantations and other unusual places.
