A sailing yacht at sea in Redang Island, Malaysia, in 2019./Credit:	Shutterstock

A sailing yacht at sea in Redang Island, Malaysia, in 2019./Credit: Shutterstock

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Is winter holiday travel canceled? Not quite

For the past several years, Hong Kong-based fashion designer Marie France Van Damme has spent the week between Christmas and New Year's in Malaysia -- island hopping on a boat with her husband, three sons and their girlfriends.