Christmas in Pietermaritzburg is one of the main highlights of your Pietermaritzburg Tours. Pietermaritzburg Christmas is a summer holiday. In December, the southern summer brings splendid days of sunshine. This is an appealing summons to the rivers, beaches, and the shaded slopes of the mountains. It is during this time that the South African holiday season reaches its height. The academic institutions remain closed and camping is the order of the day. Christmas in Pietermaritzburg is a time sans snow.
Christmas of Pietermaritzburg is characterized by flowers, beautiful cultivated and wild flowers blooming in full pride. In the towns and cities, the carolers make rounds on Christmas Eve. Church services are held on the morning of December 25. Carols by Candlelight are held in larger centers on Christmas Eve. There are celebrations, special screen and floor shows. Homes are decorated with pine branches, and decorated Christmas fir in the corner, with gifts for the kids. At bedtime on December 24, children hang their stockings for presents from Santa Claus.
Christmas in Pietermaritzburg is a gala affair, a time to remember, alleviated by a Christmas dinner in the open air lunch. The traditional dinner comprises turkey, mince pies, roast beef, yellow rice with raisins, suckling pig, vegetables and plum pudding, paper hats and crackers. In the afternoon, families go out into the country for games or bathing.
On Christmas Eve, children march up and down the streets singing carols. In the evening, people flock to churches, decorated with palm trees or Christmas evergreens massed with candles. Nativity plays are staged and hymns sung. Christmas in Pietermaritzburg also comprises special Christmas gift baskets, especially for gourmet food or snacks, fruit gifts, chocolate gifts and the cheese and wine gift basket. You can personalize these gifts in the form of sympathy gift baskets, baby gift baskets etc.
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