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Article: Christmas time.(Only in Switzerland)
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- Swiss News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Christmas in Zurich is more than just the glittering streets. It's time for a lot of teamwork and fun for the Zurcher Sangerknaben, reveals Caroline Hurlimann-Swann, the mother of an 11-year-old performer.
It's when Circus Conelli's red tent emerges overnight from the mists of the Limmat river, and the Bahnhofstrasse receives its ceiling of bright stare/ lights, the Burkliplatz's little concert pavilion transforms itself into a popular candle-making factory, and the Marli tram makes its way through the streets of Zurich, that Christmas begins for most people in this city.
It's a busy time for everyone, I know. But as the mother of an 11-year old member ...