What I really appreciate about your videos from Europe is that you point out things I've always been taking for granted since I grew up here (e.g. I've always assumed it's nice going outside around christmas everywhere..) Merry Christmas from Switzerland!

We actually have 13 santas in Iceland and they come every night the first 13 nights before christmas and give children gifts in a shoe that the children put in their windows

Difference between the US and Europe regarding service is that in Europe the people working are professionals. I don't like fake friendliness.

I love your enthusiasm and that makes me enjoying watching your videos. I am from Germany and when I watch your videos , I really want to travel Europe like you do!

In Germany, on christmas eve, everything closes at about 1 pm including most restaurants and many bars. You should inquire before then about where you can eat lunch and supper. If you are in a village you might end up having to buy something in the morning to eat in your hotel room that night because the one tavern/restaurant in the village is closed. Even in the cities you might end up eating christmas eve supper at Burger King. Also public transportation in the cities goes to a very limited schedule about that time. Some routes a bus comes by once every two hours. If you have connecting buses that are not synchronised, that could be a problem. Wait two hours for a bus, get off at the transfer point and you have just missed the connecting bus and you have to wait another two hours. And nowhere to go to the toilet. Usually in the boonies where you CANNOT find a taxi. Or, if you had the intelligence to learn the taxi dispatch telephone number you call a taxi and wait 2 1/2 hours because many of them are also taking the day off and the rest have more passengers than they can handle because so many other tourists did not know better and all want taxis home. It happened to me once in Berlin. If you are staying in, for instance, a downtown hotel in Munich, do not go to the far outskirts and wait until two pm to start your trek back to the hotel because you might need hours to do so.

God jul (och gott nytt år) from Sweden! I've thouroughly enjoyed your videos this year, so here's to another year just as good! :)

I suppose the biggest thing to hate about Christmas in a foreign country is being away from home and family.

Traveling in December is so underrated. Some cities really do a marvelous jobs with decorations that are in-themselves worthy of visiting

If you're into classical music there are some wonderful free or cheap to not so cheap concerts in churches and concert halls with the speical kind of music. Try Handel's `Messiah` or Carol services

1:56 Is a "Germknödel" (yeast dumpling filled with hot plum jam, often served in warm vanilla sauce with sugar and poppyseed on top) in Germany and Austria - yummy! (but don't look up the calories)

We went right after TGiving to middle of December, Christmas in full force, but so is everything else. Christmas market on the Champs Elysees in Paris was AMAZING!

this time it is good news first, merry christmas...

Europe seems so beautiful in Christmas. God bless Christendom.

Merry Christmas from Wales!

Happy Christmas to you and yours,Mark.

Great informative video review! I wonder if you can do a video review for Australia. The Love/Hate, 10 Things that Shocks us and the Love/Hate review in Christmas season here down under. Thank you for an insight on your European trips. Keep it coming :)

What happened to your rule about getting the HATES out of the way first Mark? 😀 I've been to Europe three times for Christmas and the only thing I would reiterate is finding a nice place for 12/25 dinner can be a huge challenge. Paris was fine but all my target restaurants in Prague and Warsaw were closed. Great video as usual. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🍾

Merry christmas to you and your family Mark ;)

Did last Christmas in Zurich, Switzerland. The most difficult thing was how many necessary things were closed, and the great thing was the Christmas markets (the main one closed the 23rd, the wonderful one at the train station closed at the end of the day, Dec 24). Spent Christmas day in Bern, which was fabulous, but there was nowhere open to eat lunch!

love your videos about Europe and all this diffrent cultures and stuff. If u happen to be in Germany in the Christmas Season make sure to visit the Christmas market in Aachen my hometown ( Western Germany ) its my Favorit hahaha good travelin and happy life : D

Mark started with the Love's first!

Bad thing on christmas, the typicall christmas weather is 10-15 degrees and rain in Germany. But everyone of us wish snow on christmas. The last was in 2010. The winter in germany could be really cold, but not on christmas ^^ (sorry for bad english)

In some locations, mainly outside the centre of the great cities here in Portugal, Christmas Decorations remain until late January by mere laziness Some years ago, In my city there was some spots where Christmas lights were visible in February, they only took them out in Carnival. happily things improved recently at least around here at normally in early January they start taking out the illuminations.

Merry Christmas! From California USA.

Feliz Natal! looked like a mix of Spanish and Italian to me. But yes, its Portuguese. Something learnt :)

Thank you for posting all of these helpful videos! What website would you suggest for train reservations?

Sinterklaas!!!!

Damn! I really did think that was Santa's Sexier brother xD but it's just Mark from Walter's World. Love the content man!

Hey Mark, love your video, super informative. i noticed your videos are getting better and better, it seems you upgrade your camera, do you mind sharing it including the mic that you use?

A very informative video as usual ! I like the way you see Europe and how you come up to synthesize all the little things about a country. I live in Paris, near where you were when filming this video and I really appreciate the way you look at France because we don't seem to have a good image of our own country. I just wanted to ask you if you could make the same video about holidays in the USA. Thank you for sharing your experiences, your channel is very helpful !PS: sorry for my bad English! French people are known to be bad at it after all ;)

zwartepiet really killed me. still good job!

Great Video and informative as usual! :) Can you do a Video on travelling in the US around the holiday season? In Germany though people are not back to work on the 26th. We have the 25th and the 26th as 1st and 2nd Christmasday (1. und 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag) and both of them are national holidays and like sundays with businesses closed except for restaurants, gas stations etc. It's the same on the 1st of January. Since the main celebration (opening of the gifts, family dinner) in Germany already happens on christmas eve, shops have different limited opening hours and close early between 1-3pm. It's the same on the 31st of December.

merry Christmas from Palestine. .. hope you could visit it someday

You should get oliebollen in the Netherlands

I've noticed in Germany that the Christmas Markets are becoming New Year markets. So after Christmas the markets continue until the new year.

Merry Christmas from austria 🎄☺️

Great job Mark , but why you start with what you love not as usual?

Hi. I am thinking of going to Stockholm during Christmas season. Do you know how many days are most places closed ? Like do they usually just close on the 25th or they actually closed for a several days. I'm just worried I'll be having trouble finding food to eat.

There are soldiers in the background, How is the situation in Paris? I'll go next week

as a german i dont like Christmas markets, its way to crowded and really stressful, quite the opposite of Christmas is meant to be. i rather go to the pubs and enjoy two or three beers

Merry Christmas from Northern Ireland!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

hey, Mark. Speaking of trains...how far would you travel on the trains for a DAY TRIP? What is WORTH the time/travel? and what is out of the question? Being from the U.S., and not totally understanding geography over there... I'm not sure what would be considered reasonable travel. between countries? stay in only one? What might you think?

Why did you mention the loves first?

Is that Jocelyn at 4:38?

Hey, where was the location at 6:19?

Have you been to Ukraine, and do you recommend going, there? Thanks!

Yeah it's true that it become overpriced during Christmas

Hey Mark, you forgot the o in European :)

To stay in Paris from Christmas Day to the middle of January? Man, Mark, believe me, I DON'T GET IT... Cause WHAT on earth are you going to do that you haven't already done a few times in summer? Sorry, beats me, man. Wouldn't be a sunny and warm place be a better bet?

Ca va, les "hates" sont dérisoires à côté des "loves" ; The "hates" are derisory compared to the "loves". Come on, we're in Europe, even though we tend to become slaves, we still live and so, around Christmas and New Year's Eve we maintain human contacts and not only commercial relations ;-)

I think its not a bad thing to close everything on 24. - 27. ... those are days of piece and quiet. A lot of people in Czech are not Christians but we still trying to honor this time... and also... people want to spend those days with their families.. not to be at work. And just another little think to say... You are drinking only hot wine in Europe? There is plenty drinks to make you be happy and warm... In czech its Grog for example ( Czech rum with hot water and lemon) and meny others. Also i believe it would be nice to say not everyone have Santa. And people actually dont really like Santa in here. In Czech we have Little Baby Jesus... in Belgium, France and others its Father of Christmas.. In Russia its something like Grandpa of winter (have no idea how to translate Děda Mráz.. sorry to all Russians :) ) .... Well.. I just think people should know this :) Thanks for your videos. Totally agree with everything youre saying about Czech and THANK you for knowing Czech Rep is not Eastern Europe :D :) P.S. sorry for my English :)

Quack

Weird watching this after Notre Dame burned

Europe RULES

we also have christmas before americans

For someone who loves culture you seam to have problems grasping it's implication

The Black Peter character is appalling. You all just brushed over that as if it's nothing...

Don’t forget. Jesus is the reason for this season!

Merry Christmas from Spain !