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  2. Christmas village - Wikipedia

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    A Christmas village (or putz) is a decorative, miniature-scale village often set up during the Christmas season. These villages are rooted in the elaborate Christmas traditions of the Moravian Church, a Protestant denomination. In the tradition of the Moravian Church, nativity scenes have been the center of the Christmas putz, which is "built ...

  3. Moravian star - Wikipedia

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    A 9.5-meter or 31-foot Moravian star, one of the largest in the world, sits atop the North Tower of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist during the Advent and Christmas seasons. The city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which traces its origins to Salem has Moravian origins dating to 1766, uses the Moravian star as their official Christmas street ...

  4. The Christmas Village in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The Christmas Village in Philadelphia is an annual outdoor Christmas market event in LOVE Park, at which vendors in wooden booths and a vendor tent sell international seasonal holiday gifts, ornaments, arts, and crafts, as well as European food, sweets, and hot beverages. The Christmas Village was formerly held at City Hall, since LOVE Park was ...

  5. Nativity scene - Wikipedia

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    Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...

  6. Koziar's Christmas Village - Wikipedia

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    Koziar's Christmas Village is a seasonal attraction located in Jefferson Township, near Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, U.S., approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Reading. [1] Christmas Village utilizes approximately one half million Christmas lights and other decorative effects in a presentation that has repeatedly been listed ...

  7. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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    Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of ...

  8. Mummering - Wikipedia

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    Mummering is a Christmas -time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ireland, City of Philadelphia, and parts of the United Kingdom . Also known as mumming or janneying, it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the ...

  9. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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    Christmas traditions include a variety of customs, religious practices, rituals, and folklore associated with the celebration of Christmas. Many of these traditions vary by country or region, while others are practiced virtually identically worldwide. Traditions associated with the Christmas holiday are diverse in their origins and nature, with ...

  10. Christmas Village in Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    Christmas Village in Baltimore. Christmas Village in Baltimore is an annual holiday market event in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, with vendors in both traditional wooden booths and a festival tent. Commercial vendors sell international seasonal holiday gifts, ornaments, arts and crafts, as well as European food, sweets and hot beverages.

  11. Christmas market - Wikipedia

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    A Christmas market [a] is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. [1] These markets originated in Germany, but are now held in many countries. [2] Some in the U.S. have adapted the name to the quasi-German Christkindlmarket, substituting market for German Markt.