Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Christmas in Malta

Christmas is a highly celebrated festivity in Malta and Gozo, both as a popular event for people of all ages, as well as an important date on the religious calendar.

The season is celebrated to its full on the Islands; nativity scenes, displays of cribs, carol services and other events are organised in each locality.

For a very special, spiritual evening, join the congregation at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta for candlelit carol singing. Other Baroque parish churches across the Islands are just as awe-inspiring during advent. Their interiors are decked out in papal crimson and altars are adorned with flowers. All churches have a calendar of events, ranging from the procession of Mary and Joseph, to streets with groups of children carol singing.