Here’s where it gets fun. In countries that don’t heavily celebrate Christmas—like Japan or Morocco—public transport runs normal or even better. You can catch a train to see the Christmas lights without a hitch. Meanwhile, in Germany, everything stops on the 24th, 25th, and 26th. Ja, alles. You’ll be walking through the snow, like a sad little gingerbread man.
London Christmas Lights Bus at Leah Betty blog
One year, I was in Australia for Christmas. Their buses ran on a “reduced holiday timetable”—which is a fancy way of saying “good luck.” But it was sunny, so people didn’t care. They just went to the beach. Show-offs.