Mallorca, the set for Disney's Christmas short film directed by Taika Waititi
Filmed in Mallorca earlier this year, the short has already garnered over 5 million views on YouTube within just a few days.
Celebrating your birthday over the Christmas holidays
Celebrating your birthday over the Christmas holidays.
Ground service workers at Spain's Iberia postpone strike after New Year period
An estimated 800 flights would have been hit in Mallorca.
Splashing around in Mallorca today, December 12.
Splashing around in Mallorca today, December 12.
Happy Holidays
It comes as no surprise that the dodgy word ‘Christmas’ should be under threat...
Christmas lights up Mallorca: See photo gallery
Palma wants to “recover the spirit” of the Christmas.
Halloween's evolution from simple joys to lavish displays
I cannot remember a time when globally, so many got so overexcited by an annual event.
Christmas event
'Jai de Nadal' pastry and craft show now on in Palma
Sisters from a number of convents in Mallorca made a huge variety of scrumptious sweets for the show.
Christmas tree at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris
Christmas tree at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
Xmas Turkey
Xmas Turkey.
My column
Reasons to be cheerful
Anna Nicholas’s first Majorca based crime novel, The Devil’s Horn, is out now. It’s available at all good bookshops & via amazon.
Technology
50 new Majorcan stickers are now available on WhatsApp
The goal of the Per Nadal campaign, molts d’anys! is to make sure everyone can enjoy the holidays in Catalan.
Security
Police step up security in Palma this Christmas
Palma is going to increase the number of “obstacles” in the city centre as part of the Christmas security operation.
Retail
Majorcan retailers looking forward to a merry Christmas
The retail sector is reporting the best start to the festive season since the recession bit in 2008, although there are a few exceptions.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 5-11 December
The build-up to Christmas really gets going this week with Christmas markets in different parts of the island: Alcudia, Calvia, Santa Ponsa (two of them) and Palma being just a few. The remarkable Alternatilla Jazz season continues; the final concert is in Pollensa on Saturday. Sineu has its fair for Saint Thomas. Note that Tuesday (Constitution Day) and Thursday (Immaculate Conception) are both public holidays.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
- German low-season tourism in Mallorca set for a new record
Comment
Don’t worry, it’s almost over!
I have to say that I always feel sorry for people who have a birthday over the Christmas holiday period, don’t you?
Frank Leavers29/12/2023 11:22