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Not everyone wants to stay at home for Christmas. Whether its a solo voyage to the tropics or a family visit to see the reindeer, we pick out some of the most interesting Christmas holidays and bring you the best Winter deals.

Dmitri Medvedev, the Russian President, today attended the midnight service in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral to celebrate Christmas in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The service was presided over by Metropolitan Cyril, the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Churchsince the death of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II in December. Head of [...]

The Twelve Days of Christmas are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th). In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th with the following day considered the First Day of Christmas (December [...]

Scandic hotels are offering log cabins with their own sauna, kitchen and fire for those who really want to get away from it all this Winter. There is even a one person log cabin in this development in Finnish Lapland. You can choose a lift pass for skiing or half-board food. Breakfast is included in [...]

We’ve shown you how to get to Bethlehem and Lapland. Now we’re going to show you how to get into husky dog sledding and really feel the Winter season underneath your feet. You don’t even have to leave the UK! The trip involves a piece of cake and a hot drink because the sledding itself [...]

Lapland is an area of Northern Finland within the arctic circle where Santa is rumoured to live. It has snow for six months of the year and is serviced by Rovaniemi airport. The line of latitude runs right through the airport, dividing it between the arctic circle and the rest of Europe. Santa lives very [...]

For those of you required to register in Bethlehem for the Roman census, here’s how to get to Bethlehem in December 2008.
By Air
The easiest way is to fly into Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion airport in Israel (with good international airline services) and then travel onto Bethlehem by bus or car. However, Bethlehem has been run [...]