EC Malta English Language School

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Il-Milied u s– Sena t-Tajba, Fröhliches Weihnachten und Gutes Neues Jahr, Feliz Natal e Ano Novo, 圣诞快乐,新年, Feliz Navidad y prospero Año Nuevo, Vrolijke Kerstmis en Gelukkige Nieuwjaar, Meilleurs Voeux, Vidám Karácsony és Boldog {j Évet, Felice Natale e Felice anno nuovo, Wesoły Boże, Narodzenie i Szczęśliwego nowego roku, メリークリスマスおよび明けましておめでとう, 즐거운 성탄 및 새해 복 많이 받으세요, Muhadin ya Allah in Sena it-Tajbep, С Рождеством Христовым и С новым годом, Sretan Božić pa Srećan Nova godina, vesel Božič ter srečno novo leto, god jul & gott nytt Ǻr, neşeli Noel ve mutlu yeni yıl…

Join the National celebrations at St George’s Square in Valletta for Malta’s official New Year’s Eve countdown.

Christmas is a highly celebrated religious festivity in this Catholic country. 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. Cribs are positively everywhere, from private houses to small chapels.  Visiting cribs is a popular activity at Christmas time and many Islanders spend time going round the ‘presepju’. Some are very elaborate, and the figures move around mechanically, obviously the work of dedicated craftsmen.

Next Monday 19th December

Not to be missed!!!

Christmas Panto 26/12/2011 to 08/01/2012

FM Productions’ pantomime Ali Baba has been chosen to lighten up the festive season in an evening teeming with outrageous dames, spectacular costumes, exotic settings and a sledgeful of wit. Venue : The Manoel Theatre – Valletta
Email : bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt

Christmas Pantomime 22/12/2011 to 08/01/2012

Alan Montanaro will again slip into the Dame’s heeled shoes to regale audiences with his inimitable humour. Bettina Paris is Principal Girl and Alexander Gatsey Lewis is the Prince looking for his true Princess. Venue: MFCC, Ta’Qali. Online booking is open on madc.biz

13/12/2011-Public Holiday (School Closed)

On the 13th December 1974 the Maltese Constitution was amended and Malta became a Republic, having Sir Anthony Mamo as its first President. Activities marking this historic date take place every year, mostly in Valletta

Nativity Village 11/12/2011 to 08/01/2012

The fourth edition of the animated crib in the village of Ghanjsielem in Gozo. This life-size crib, constructed on 20,000 square metre (sqm) of fields on a stretch of land known as Ta’ Passi, comes to life during the month of December with about 150 actors taking visitors back in time to Judea of 2000 years ago. The atmosphere will simply be unique… horses turn mills, villagers go about their jobs, shepherds inhabit caves, animals roam in enclosed spaces and a poor unknown couple tend their newly-born in a grotto… It promises to bring the timeless Christmas story to life as never before. More info here: www.ghajnsielem.com/bethlehem

08/12/2011-Public Holiday (School Closed)

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in the town of Cospicua and Ibragg in Malta and Victoria and Qala in Gozo