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<p>Going to Grandma&#8217;s house in a one-horse open sleigh might be your ideal means of <a href="https://commonplacefacts.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christmas</a> travel, but for residents of Caracas, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://commonplacefacts.wordpress.com/tag/venezuela/" target="_blank">Venezuela</a>, the tradition is for the entire city to roller-skate to early morning Christmas Mass.</p>



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