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Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.

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Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden.

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Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual. 

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Jonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.

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Rituals of light in the darkness of winter.

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With a little help from quantum physics, Santa could have all the time he needs to make Christmas deliveries.

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Switzerland's Klausjagen blends a Catholic holiday with a much older celebration.

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Whips, bells and a giant paper bishop's hat.

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Change Santa Claus's team of reindeer into a single white horse, replace his costume with a bishop's robes, and you'll begin to get a picture of Sinterklaas.

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Sound objects or sensory immersion? It's all in the ear of the beholder!

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