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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Marc Shoffman

A Christmas cruise with MSC: My week searching for Santa and the perfect cup of tea

Christmas trees were lined up across MSC World Europa to help passengers step into Christmas - (Marc Shoffman)

They say the more the merrier at Christmas – so why not share it with almost 7,000 other people on a cruise ship?

I have always found Christmas to be a strange time of year. I’m generally a bit of a Scrooge-like character at home during this period. There is a part of me, probably the Jewish bit, that is uncomfortable with the stress about making just one day perfect.

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