People across Northern Ireland decorated their houses and streets with bunting and held street parties to mark the occasion.

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Department stores are decorated, houses are lit, and all the little Hoos in Hooville are gathering around the tree to sing Hanukkah carols.

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Start your stroll at the north bank promenade in Kleinbasel (Lesser Basel), a picturesque residential area thriving with local coffee and art shops tucked in between old brick houses decorated with red and purple pansies and colourful wooden shutters.

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Near his boyhood home in San Diego, where his parents still live, residents say the Holmes family, which includes Mr. Holmes's younger sister, lived quietly and fit into a neighborhood filled with involved parents and active kids, where houses were always decorated for Halloween and Christmas, and neighbors hosted pool parties.

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Most houses were one storey, box shaped and minimally decorated, with music playing through the open windows even though no one seemed to be home.

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The Holy Monastery of St Nicholas houses a single-nave church with a small dome, decorated by the 16th-century Cretan painter, Theophanes the Monk.

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Narrow streets wind their way through the historic town centre, decorated with lights, bows and wooden ornaments, while the timber-framed houses, each in a different colour, add to the picturesque scene.

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