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December
December means rain and colder temperatures. Few travellers venture south, where
many resorts close for the winter. Christmas and New Year's Eve bring merriment to
the somewhat dreary season.
Festa dos Rapazes
Just after Christmas, the so-called Festival of the Lads is a rollicking time of merry-making
by young unmarried men who light bonfires and rampage around in rags and wooden
masks. Catch it in Miranda do Douro.
New Year's Eve
Ring in the Ano Novo in Lisbon with fireworks, free concerts and DJs down by the Tejo.
