Vesele Vionoce (Merry Christmas) The Christmas spirit is beginning to come alive here in Bratislava as more and more decorations can be seen around town. It seems as though the importance of the Christmas season here is quite similiar to America. People are making plans to take a good chunk of time away from school and work to be with family and enjoy some rest. There is also a rising climate of the commercialization of Christmas much like the U.S. except on a smaller scale. This particular tree was photographed at a party for the various Slovak language classes at the local University where I am learning the language.