European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saar Louis through dec. 23. Sengerhausen det. 10-18. Schweir Furt through dec. 23. Seesen dec. 21. Sonderhausen dec. 10-22. Stuttgart through dec. 23. Trier through dec.23. To Tibangen dec. 11. Wiesbaden through dec. 23. Worms through dec. 22. Wurzburg through dec. 23. Italy Bolzano through dec. 24. Bre Sanone through Jan. 8. Merano through Jan. 1. Netherlands Alphen Aan de Rion dec. 10-11. Amsterdam dec. 11-24. Open House in the Spiegel Quarter featuring 30 Art and antique exhibitions. Amsterdam Beur spleen dec. 10-23. Old town transformed into a traditional dutch Christmas Village. Deventer City Center dec. 18. Haag Het Plein dec. 23. Haren through dec. 31. Heerlen dec. 10-22. Maastricht dec. 15-23. Steep through dec 11. At Medd Achten Castle. Vaassen dec. 1518. At Canne Burch Castle. Valkenburg in nearby caves through dec. 18. Sweden Stockholm Skansen through dec. 16. Goteborg Sven ska Massan through dec. 18. Switzerland Aurigene dec. 10. Basel Barfuss Platz Clara Platz through dec. 23. " ". Bern Munster Platz dec 24. Locarno dec.15,18. Stallen dec. 10. Stans dec. 10-11. Thun dec. 10-24. Torricella dec. 16. Verdon Les Bains dec.27. Zurich Zuspan dec. 11. United kingdom Buxton Derbyshire dec 10-11. I Colchester Esse dec. 11. Elsham Humberside dec. 11,18, Hatfield Hertfordshire dec 18-20,25-27. Helmsley North Yorkshire dec. 10-11. Leeds dec.11k .-,_-., Lincoln Lincolnshire dec. 11. Britain s biggest. London dec. Jan. 8. Leicester Square Funfair. Milford Staffordshire dec. 8,15-16. Saintfield county Dow dec 10-11. Stonham Appal Suffolk dec. 17-18. Sulgrave Northamptonshire through dec. 24. European Christmas events Austria _ through dec. 11 Advent singing Crossen fest Spilhaus Salzburg. Through dec. 24 International Advent music Vienna. Choirs from around the world performing at City Hall. Friday sundays holidays from 3 30-6 30 . Through dec 1.1 Grafe egg Advent Schloss Rei Schule Park Grafe egg. Dec. 9,16 Advent carols Altstadt dec. 9 Advent singing Pfarr centrum st. Vitalis Salzburg. -. Dec. 16-18 Advent Folk music Universita splat Salzburg. Dec. 16-18 Castle concert for Advent Schloss Mirabell Salzburg. Is Stumpf Slumbo Anthonio Ferrara makes and Sells pastor italian nativity figurines in his Small shop on Christmas Alley in Naples Italy. Christmas Alley a popular place for Holiday shopping is open through Jan. 6. Dec 20-23 Ballet the Nutcracker Marionette theater Salzburg. Dec 23 Christmas concert Vienna. Featuring Placido Domingo and the Vienna symphony orchestra. Belgium dec 11,18 Christmas concert Reupen. Dec 11 Christmas concert Burg Reuland dec. 11 Christmas concert Eynatten. Dec 11 Christmas concert st. Vith. Dec 17 Christmas concert else born. " Denmark through dec. 31 Christmas lights at Tivoli gardens Copenhagen. First time in its 151 year history Fiat gardens have been open in Winter. Large Christmas Market and fair. Restaurants will feature traditional danish menus along with Gugg mulled wine. Admission to the gardens is free. Open tuesday sunday 12-11 . An sundays 12-7 . Also at Tivoli Charles Dickens great expectations performed at the Glass House theater. Dec 10-11 making of traditional Christmas. Ornaments Finland through dec. 24 Christmas season festival Kovaniemi milk. Arctic fantasy land with. Santa s assistants acting out a fairytale. Special effects made in Snow and ice. On dec. 23, a Christmas service held at Snow Church in the Forest. 7 France Disneyland Paris Christmas through Jan. 8. Germany dec. 8 children s lantern procession Haup Markt Nurnberg. Dec. 14 Usa eur band brass quintet Mannheim 6 . Dec. 17 Christmas choir concert 8 ., Darmstadt. Dec. 18 Christmas music concert st Katharine Kirche Oppenheim. _ _ dec. 18 concert Handel s Messiah Franziska Kirche Rothenburg of Der Tauber. F. Dec. 19-Jan. 8 Christmas circus Nurnberg. At the Volkes Platz. Italy dec. 12 Christmas concert Merano. Dec. 24-26 Christmas concerts various towns Insu Tirol. Netherlands dec. 13 Candle festival Gouda. A tree and hundreds of candles lit in the Market Square. Concert in st. Jans Kerk Church. Dec. 18 Christmas festival City Center Deventer. Dec. 22 Christmas circus Hengelo and the dec. 23 Christmas circus utrecht Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Dec. 23-Jan. 8 automobile Christmas show Rosalen. Dec. 24 Church Bell ringing Dom Toren utrecht. 7 dec. 24-30 Christmas festival utrecht dec. 24-Jan. 1 Christmas festival Groningen. Switzerland dec. 91 1 Christmas circus Basel. Dec. 10-11 concert Handel s Messiah Munster Bern. Dec. 1 1 Church Christmas concert London s Trafalgar Square is decorated with strings of lights and a giant tree. Richter soil. V dec. 16-17 Christmas concert chamber orchestra of Zurich Zurich., dec. 17-18 Christmas concert rappers Wil. Dec. 17 Christmas concert Munster Berri. Dec. 18 caroling to Halle Zurich. Dec. 18 jazz at Christmas Centre Ville Montreau. Dec. 18 Ster Singen Luzern rappers will and Wettinger. Old tradition of singing to the stars with Street processions of adults and children carrying stars representing the holy family and the three Kings of the a dec. 18 Advent and Christmas concert. Pfar Kirche hit Kirch. Dec. 22 Lichter Schwimmer floating lights. On the River Zimmat Zurich. Dec. 23 concert Handel s Messiah Lausanne. Dec. 26 Bach concert Munster Bern. Dec. 31-Jan. 13 Silveste Klausen Una sch. Traditionally men wearing intricate headdresses walk from door to door asking for alms. /. United kingdom through dec. 23 Christmas concerts Thursford. Daily. Through Jan. 5 a Christmas Carol barbican theatre London. Through Jan.14 play Snow Queen Bury greater Manchester. Through dec. 10 Ballet the Nutcracker Sadler Wells theatre London through dec. 3 Ballet the Nutcracker her majesty s theatre Aberdeen. December Santa specials Are a christmastime tradition in the United kingdom. Each year Santa rides decorated steam trains giving out gifts to children and mince pies to the adult passengers. The dates vary. Places to Board the Santa special in 94 include Peterborough Cambridgeshire Alston Cumbria Matlock Ripley Derbyshire Swanage Dorset Alresford Hampshire Bewdley Hereford and Worcester Southport Merseyside Pickering Ripley North Yorkshire Cornhill on Tweed Northumberland Didcot Wallingford Oxfordshire Gateshead North Shields Tyne and Wear Dudley West midlands Keighley Leeds Clayton West Shipley West Yorkshire and have Street Isle of Wight. Through dec. 24 Gulliver s Christmas parties Gulliver s world Warrington Cheshire. Family rides multistage show and rides on the Santa express. Through dec. 23 Castle Christmas Kentish evenings Leeds Castle Maidstone. Dec. 10-11 Christmas celebrations London. Traditions of song stories and food atthe Commonwealth Institute r dec. 10,17 Grassington dickensian Christmas in North Yorkshire. T dec 11,18 Christmas festivities Hereford and Worcester county museum. Carols crafts and father Christmas. J through dec. 24 Ballet the Nutcracker theatre Royal Glasgow. Dec. 8,15,22 Kingston Street ferries Kingston upon thames. Street entertainment Carol singing with the , of Santa Claus. Dec. 8 Christmas concert Eastbourne East Sussex. Christmas carols at the Church of st Simon. Dec 9 concert Handel s Messiah Ulster Hall Belfast dec 9 victorian Christmas Park House East Grinstead. Dec. 17 Ballet the Nutcracker Birmingham. Dec. 10 great Christmas pudding race covent Garden London. Dec 10 concert of Christmas music Ripon. Dec. 10-31 pantomime father Christmas and the mince pie Goblin Charles Cryer studio theatre London. Dec. 10 Christmas water carnival Bristol. Boat carnival with Market choral singing and father Christmas. Dec. 10 Christmas Carol concert Valle Crucis Abbey Llangollen. Continued on Page 26 december 8,j994 stripes Magazine 25
