I Hate New York!

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Seasonal stories and festive fables: Mike Wendling strongly disagrees with the thought that New York City is the world's most magical place at this festive time of year; why Yolande Knell in Bethlehem is looking forward to two more Christmases in the coming weeks; Nick Thorpe meets a Gypsy 'Santa Claus' on an allotment in southern Hungary; Petroc Trelawny on how the glittering New Year's Day ball in Vienna has its roots in a dark era of Austrian history and in Paris, Joanna Robertson tracks down one seasonal delicacy which, while delicious, carries the unmistakeable whiff of ... gunpowder!