Christmas Celebrations Around The Globe
joseph rosendo's travelscope

Celebrating the world through their festivals is a great way to experience a country and its people. This episode begins in Venice, California at the annual holiday boat parade - a funky and funny celebration along the Venice Canals, which highlights the offbeat, colorful spirit of this Southern California beach community. Then Joseph completes the holiday circle by returning to San Antonio, Texas' world famous River Walk and the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland for their Christmas celebration. In Switzerland, Joseph basks in the glow of some of the country's best Christmas markets, visits a Christmas ornament artist and takes a journey to old St. Nick's village. In San Antonio, faith is real and Joseph explores the city's spiritual roots and the real meaning of Christmas when he joins with San Antonio families in their homes to honor their heritage at the Tamalada - holiday tamale making - and in the San Fernando Cathedral at the midnight Serenada for the Virgin of Guadalupe. In this episode Joseph shows that Christmas is about more than twinkling lights and cups of cheer. In every country, in every culture, Christmas is a time to put aside differences, celebrate our humanity and join the angels in wishing each other good will and peace on Earth.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 1005

About Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope:

The Daytime Emmy-winning travel series Travelscope- now re-titled JOSEPH ROSENDO'S TRAVELSCOPE- scales new heights of adventure, natural splendor and cultural richness this season.

Host Joseph Rosendo journeys from the California coast to the islands of Hong Kong and to Chile's Tierra del Fuego.

Along the way, he encounters the heights of natural beauty in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia, celebrates Christmas in Switzerland and circumnavigates the tip of South America.

The series' hallmark remains the rich cultural interchanges between Joseph and the local population.

He joins the parade of medieval guilds during Zurich's spring festival, shares devotions with a holy man in a rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia and explores the mysteries behind the stone figures on Easter Island.


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Thu, Apr 17 10:30 P.M. Taiwan - Iron Pathways to Adventure - Part 2     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Apr 21 7:00 A.M. The Bonin/Ogasawara Islands - A Land Far, Far Away     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Apr 22 7:00 A.M. Bhutan - Part 1 - Gross National Happiness     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Apr 22 10:30 A.M. Uncovering South Korea     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Apr 22 5:30 P.M. Uncovering South Korea     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Apr 22 10:30 P.M. Uncovering South Korea     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Apr 23 7:00 A.M. Bhutan - Part 2 - Land of the Thunder Dragon     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Apr 24 7:00 A.M. A San Antonio Christmas     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Apr 24 10:30 A.M. San Francisco's Changing Neighborhoods     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Apr 24 5:30 P.M. San Francisco's Changing Neighborhoods     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Apr 24 10:30 P.M. San Francisco's Changing Neighborhoods     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Apr 28 7:00 A.M. Taiwan Lantern Festival     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Apr 29 7:00 A.M. La Joie De Vivre In Quebec City, Canada     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Apr 29 10:30 A.M. Adventures In California's Tri-Valley     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Apr 29 5:30 P.M. Adventures In California's Tri-Valley     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Apr 29 10:30 P.M. Adventures In California's Tri-Valley     NH Create (11.4)


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