I'm Charlotte and as you might have noticed I'm not in Taiwan this time.

In this video I want to tell you something about European Christmas.

My family, we're not religious but we use the Christmas time as some meaningful family time.

Wherever I am in the world, I'll always try to make it home for Christmas.

Something I really like about Christmas in Europe are all the little Christmas markets you can find in so many cities.

This year I went to Gent with my siblings. It's a very beautiful, big, historical city in Belgium.

We just walked around there all day, doing some Christmas shopping and then in the evening going to the market.

It's so nice to buy something warm like a hot waffle or a hot chocolate drink.

I just love the atmosphere of a Christmas market in Europe.

One of the most essential parts about the whole Christmas is probably the big Christmas dinner we have with the whole family.

At that time, we would go to my grandparent's house and my grandmother (she's Italian), she makes so much food

This year I was in charge of making dessert, so I made two big tiramisus.

That dinner is such a cosy time where the whole family comes together, talks and eats so much that we have to roll outside at night.

What my parents, my siblings and me usually do during the Christmas holiday is go to France

Because France is really close to Belgium. We can take a train or the car and get to the French mountains.

Usually we would stay here for about a week together.

It's so nice because we're so disconnected from the world. There's almost no wifi here, barely TV

We spend a lot of time doing outdoor activities like skiing or going for walks

Or we play some games together, we cook together

It's a beautiful family bonding time.

Thank you so much for watching!

If you have any more questions about Belgium or Europe, just ask me in the comments and maybe I can make a video about it in the future.

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