CNNGo.com just released their list of the “Top 10 places to spend your 2010 Christmas.” The competition was fierce: also listed is Boston, San Juan, Hong Kong, even New York. But the number one place to visit for the holidays? You guessed it. Writer Tiffany Lam praises the Christmas Village at Hafnarfjördur, a town not far from Reykjavik that is known in Icelandic lore as the home of elves. The Christmas Village is open every weekend from now until Christmas day. Hafnarfjördur also offers walking tours to supposed elf homesites (see related story below).
Back in Reykjavik, people start celebrating Christmas from late November by pigging out at traditional Christmas buffet dinners around town, writes CNNGo.com’s Tiffany Lam. On Christmas Eve, bells ring throughout the capital, marking the formal beginning of Christmas. There are bonfires and fireworks all over Iceland on both New Year’s Eve and the Twelfth Night, which falls on January 6, 2011. Read the entire story here:
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/top-10-places-spend-your-christmas-810201#ixzz16g8LP9VT
Or better yet, visit yourself. Sure Iceland may be colder than San Juan, number 8 on the list. But according to Weather.com, the average January high temperature in Reykjavik is 35 degrees F., compared to January average highs of 36 degrees F. in New York, and 36 degrees F. in Boston. Claims that Iceland’s capital is too cold sends shivers down our spine.
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