Christmas is just around the corner! That magical and unique time of year with which we say farewell to the year, and in which we live happy moments with our loved ones such as enjoying a good meal by the fireplace, decorating our home with a Christmas Nativity manger, setting up the typical fir tree with its garlands, wrapping gifts…
Another enjoyable thing to do during this time of the year is to put on warm clothes and go visit one of the many Christmas Fairs & Markets that in these cold weeks occupy the squares and streets of our towns, where we can find a wide variety of decoration items, nice presents and delicious gastronomic products typical of Christmas. Or we can simply getting into the Christmas spirit while taking a relaxing walk.
In the town of Teià, the programming will develop around two main events:
Christmas Market
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 December
The Teià Christmas Market will open on Saturday, December 16 at 11:00 a.m., with around twenty stalls. At 11:30 a.m. a cooking workshop will take place, led by Maresme Circular. At 12:30 p.m., the Casal de Joves Correspondents will organize a musical vermouth with the Jinx Jazz Band. In the afternoon, the same boys and girls will accompany the little ones to fer cagar el tió ceremony and hot chocolate will also be served. Òmnium Cultural will hold a caganers workshop and at 7:00 p.m. the countdown of the clock that will mark the arrival of the Three Kings from the East will begin. At the same time, at La Unió, this year’s monumental nativity scene will be inaugurated.
The next day (Sunday), the Christmas Market will open until 2:00 p.m. At 11:00 a.m., the students of the Cadença Music School will offer an open-air recital and at 12:00 p.m. the Casal Correspondents will repeat the musical vermouth. The concert will close at 6:00 p.m. with The Song of the Sibyl in the parish church, a sacred tradition that has been recovered by the UNESCO association of El Masnou.
During the weekend, the La Palma theater will be the scene of a show of four short stories performed and directed by local people: Francesc Elias, Jordi Almirall, Marc Panal and Josep Botey (Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m.).
Furthermore, on both days the Town Hall’s display at the Christmas Market will be the meeting point for several family workshops held by several local entities to collect donations for La Marató TV3.
Finally, the activities around Christmas Eve will come to an end with a public raffle in which baskets with quality gastronomic products will be raffled off (Saturday 23 at 12:00 p.m.). Also, a fun popular game will be held: “el quinto d’Ítaca”, a variant of bingo that the Esplai will celebrate at La Unió (Tuesday 26 at 7:00 p.m.).
Three Kings from the East
Friday, January 5
The second part of the Christmas program will begin on Thursday, December 28 at 6:00 p.m. with the family show Contes de gel, by Teia Moner, at La Palma theater.
On Tuesday, January 2, the royal postmen will collect all the children’s letters with their present wishes, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at La Unió. On January 3 & 4, the postmen will move to the Casal de Joves, where the toy factory will be installed. There will also be a traditional lantern workshop. The factory can be visited from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (entrance €2.50). On January 3, Òmnium Cultural will explain the story of the stone soup and cook a pot so that everyone can taste it. The next day there will be hot chocolate and cake for everyone.
On January 4, starting at 6:00 p.m., you will see the lights of the royal procession approaching the town from the mountain. And on January 5 at 6:00 p.m., Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar will make their triumphant entry through Vallbellida with their unmistakable carriages to make the most magical night of the year a reality.
And finally, on January 14 at 1:00 p.m. the awards ceremony for the La Unió crib photography contest will bring to an end the Christmas program in Teià.
Official website: www.teia.cat/
