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St. Nicholas Day - celebrating the saint who inspired Santa Claus - December 6 - is celebrated across Europe in many different ways. Here in VRSA it was the official opening of the little Christmas village. The fact that the rain stopped on that day and late afternoon sun shone on the ceremony suggests divine intervention!

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Love your pictures and write-up about VRSA during the holidays! I miss being there.

Happiest of holidays to you, Denise and Onix.

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Boas Festas! Feliz Natal!

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Enjoy the holidays! We sadly left for the states just before everything was lit up. Thanks for the pictures!!

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Happy holidays! I hope you have a lovely time with your friends.

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Merry Christmas from Snowy Denmark. I'm impressed by your energy level. Relax , take a break, that would make me feel good as well.

Knud

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Merry Christmas Onix and to the both of you Nancy & Denise. 🌲🎄🎄🎄🎄

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Thanks for the photos. I miss Christmas in Europe!

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Feliz Natal e Festas á vossas! Parabéns, e muito obrigado por suas escrituras. Até o Ano Novo!

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Há. Happy holidays Nancy, but I think Ónix has that “Bah, humbug” kind of expression Ride the #28 tram!

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I'm going to check the one in Lagos too... safe travels and enjoy!

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Happy holidays!! Thank you Nancy for your interesting and informative posts!!

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got it, thank you

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Send me a pic of Santa's VW if you have one. Enjoy the time off. See you when you're back online.

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Sent via WhatsApp…not the best, but what I have

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Happy Holidays! Thanks for the sharing the lovely photos! By the way, I read somewhere this week, that the nativity scenes do not have the baby in them, and the baby gets placed in the scene on 24 Dec. Not sure if this is true or not, but could explain the "difficult to see" baby... ;)

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When i get home i will check again.

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