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Best Burns Nights around the UK

Burns Night dinner Every 25 January, dinners, dances, poetry recitals and a dram or two of Scotch whisky in honour of Scotland’s greatest poet. Read more… 24 January 2012

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Worldwide weird: Colorado’s annual fruitcake toss

Fruitcake Toss The 14 January event started as a competition for throwing a fruitcake as far as possible, but has evolved to include more sophisticated methods of hurling baked goods. Read more… 03 January 2012

New Year’s festivities around the world

Brilliance over the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin The start of a new year is a time for rejoicing, fresh beginnings and optimism about the future. Tour the world’s celebrations, from firework displays to icy dips in the ocean. 30 December 2011

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Worldwide weird: Odd ways to ring in the New Year

Weird New Year's Eve traditions Forget New York City’s Times Square ball drop, many cities across the United States prefer to put their own spin on the now traditional event. Read more… 30 December 2011

Holiday lights across the globe

A 328ft tree in Tokyo Hop in your sleigh and see how countries around the world deck their halls for the winter season. 23 December 2011

The Passport blog

The secret to skipping New York’s holiday crowds

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree See the city’s iconic Christmas tree or take a spin on one of the city’s many ice skating rinks, without elbowing your way through the masses. Read more… 22 December 2011

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Seasonal cheer in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’

Longwood Gardens Philadelphia Philadelphia’s holiday season is the perfect combination of old traditions and new celebrations. Read more… 21 December 2011

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Sydney’s fresh fish Christmas marathon

the Sydney Fish Market The Sydney Fish Market, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, will open for 36 consecutive hours to help the 100,000 expected shoppers festively feed their friends and family. Read more… 21 December 2011

Holiday window shopping in New York

Barneys For the 2011 holiday season, themes in the famous store displays of Manhattan went traditional, interactive and nautical. 20 December 2011

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Worldwide weird: Ski with Santa(s) in Whistler

Whistler's annual “Dress Like Santa Day” The annual “Dress Like Santa Day” rewards the first 75 costumed Clauses with a free lift ticket to British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Read more… 13 December 2011

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