LOL @ the Alps!
I'm not sure you'd be better off there, they probably have different types of yodeling for various holidays, that you'd have to learn.
Actually, I spoke too hastily about the number of holidays.
Just read in today's paper a compilation of the number of public holidays in 2013 in various countries.
Germany - 9
Sweden - 10
USA - 10
France - 12
Russia - 14
Argentine - 19!
So it seams that Germany, USA and Sweden are together at the bottom of the league, at least this year. But I think it's safe to say that in Sweden we have more public holidays in clusters than USA, esp at this time of year.