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Japan and India each have 16 public holidays a year. That’s even more than Germany, where the number of holidays varies depending on a region’s dominant faith. Bavaria, in the mostly Catholic south, enjoys 13 public holidays a year, whereas the mostly Protestant north (including Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and the city-states Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin) make do with only nine.
Groundhog Day, the Hollywood comedy starring Bill Murray, put the little town of Punxsutawney on the map. Every February 2, which is Groundhog Day, there’s a celebration there and a furry rodent “predicts” the end of winter.
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A lucky charm for Buddhists, for this Stella McCartney bag, a stylish goldfish.
Talismanic: a metal dragon pendant on a chain of ribbed beads by Hermès.
A 100-percent merino wool sweater by Moschino with a good-luck troll on the front.
20 I 20 by J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin is a feel-good scent for a brand-new decade.
Edward Hopper, Railroad Sunset, 1932-1942, oil on canvas, 112 x 103 cm
©Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is a master of American Realism. Some 60 pieces of his are showing at the Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland.