Preparing for Christmas

All over the world are actively preparing for Christmas and the New Year. Hundreds of colored lights, light installations, Christmas dishes, ice sculptures, all this gives a festive mood! As people prepare for the holidays in different cities, you can find under the cut. Members of the crew of the vessel HMS Protector- ice reconnaissance Navy Velikobritanii- eat Christmas dinner on the ice.
The ship set sail on Wednesday and then it will be no time for the holiday, so the captain Rhett Hatcher allow crew members to make a real Christmas lunch with turkey in the middle of the snow, and then play a game of football.





Captain Hatcher says, "Celebrate Christmas in the coldest, windiest place on Earth is a real challenge, but on the other hand, it is a truly unique experience».



French confectioners want to break the record for the longest "Christmas log" (sponge roll with chocolate cream) in the province of Picardy.





No less tasty and were probably the product in the shops of traders on the Christmas market in Hyde Park. Merchants have experienced an influx of buyers, because people scurrying hither and thither in search of the perfect gifts.



Temporary theme park Winter Wonferland on the territory of Hyde Park will run for 6 weeks. There you can ride on skates, on major attractions, try different goodies and gifts to buy.







Residents and visitors can visit the Bradford City Park, where there are 18 ice sculptures made by Jamie Wardley.



In County Durham, United Kingdom, you can visit the Museum Beamish Open Air Museum and see the vintage trucks and train cars decorated with hundreds of lights, as well as to receive greetings from Santa Claus.







A woman prepares a Christmas cake at the Museum Beamish. The tradition of making this fruit cake is rooted in the past, when dried fruits with spices were considered very tasty treat.



In this open-air museum there are such attractions as the carousel by a steam engine and a tram in 1900





Musical duo plays music Edwardian



Mike Weightman Addis and Catherine spent 2 to 5 months for something to do this ten-foot gingerbread house out of Lego, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire







But perhaps the most spectacular light installations appear that adorn the facade of St. Mary's Basilica in Sydney. During the light show can be seen fragments of the Bible portrait of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.















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