Fish market, Mallorca
Christmas meals will be less lavish.
The four days of Christmas: the week in Mallorca
Christmas was coming, but March couldn't come soon enough, and it was flipping freezing.
Geese on parade in Odense, Denmark
A gaggle of geese marched through the streets of Odense to the beat of drums.
Christmas meal table
Boxing Day will be a "normal" day in terms of the restrictions.
Festive period relaxations will not apply to Boxing Day
Four days for increased gatherings and later curfew, and only four days.
People in Palma, Mallorca; Christmas 2020
The government's message is - be responsible.
Family gatherings of ten people at Christmas in the Balearics
Applies to four days over the holiday period.
El Corte Inglés nativity scene in Palma
Every afternoon there will be a puppet show and Pitiflú will sing children's songs.
Be careful if you're leaving Mallorca for Christmas!
Photographs were published over the weekend showing large crowds of people in the streets of some Spanish cities.
Definitive Christmas Covid measures to be known in mid-December
The Balearic government will wait and see what the situation is in a fortnight's time.
Palma Three Kings parade with no children!
There are some eighty activities in all for the festive period.
Facebook debate over Palma's Christmas lights
Some people are questioning whether lavish Christmas decorations are appropriate when the economy is on its knees.
Merry Christmas from Playa de Palma
The facades of 25 hotels lit up in Playa de Palma.
Let me tell you a secret about the Palma Christmas Lights
Palma Town Hall is keeping Mum about the exact time the Christmas lights will come on this Friday.
Front line hotels in Playa de Palma light up for Christmas
The lights are a symbol of hope for a new year full of health, love, hugs and reunions.
Festive Fun
“Regulations which are being introduced could knock the stuffing out of Christmas..”
Palma town hall presentation
Presentation of the free tickets' campaign.
Free bus and parking tickets for Palma Christmas shopping
The associations for small retailers will be managing the distribution of the tickets.
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Mallorca’s stiff upper lip
"Christmas and New Year will not be the same in Mallorca, but it’s not the end of the world.."
Humphrey Carter26/11/2020 10:17