With Christmas just around the corner, Mérida’s parks and public plazas will be overflowing this evening with special events and markets. Shows are scheduled tonight at several city parks including el Parque de La Alemán, El Remate, and Parque de Las Américas starting at around 6 p.m. With colorful Christmas lights and ornaments, Mérida’s main…
Here in Mexico, we have our own holiday classics full of whimsy, magic, and corny jokes.
The dates for Mérida’s 2023 Christmas Caravan have been announced, and the event will be hitting more parts of the city than ever.
The new temporary extension will come into effect on December 3rd.
This 94-year-old artisan has been working nearly all year to sell them.
Mérida’s Christmas Day dining options are limited, but there’s no need to starve. Here are 11 staff picks for you to explore.
Nochebuenas, otherwise known as poinsettias, are the iconic Christmas season plant. They are the most widely sold potted plant in the world, and, a fact widely ignored outside the country, they are actually native to southeastern Mexico.
Christmas in Yucatán is truly magical. A ride past the holiday lights on the Paseo Montejo in the evening or on Avenida Libano toward San Ramón Norte will put you in the spirit. So I went in search of shops in Mérida that just plain put out the holiday vibe. Galerías el Triunfo The beautifully…
Do you have a craving for sweets? Or maybe now that we’re getting social again, you want to have treats on hand for company. I have found some fun places in Mérida just in time for the holidays. Abrasoles Pays Pies, pies, and more pies with great flaky crusts, bite-size or whole, delivered to your…
December is always a huge month for block parties, and Mérida is no exception. But given a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Mérida’s city hall is encouraging social distancing through an initiative that would allow residents’ parties to pour out onto city streets. This practice has been common across Mexico for a very long time…
Last Friday, on Christmas Eve, the small town of Dzitnup was the stage for one of Yucatán’s most unique holiday celebrations, the dance of “Abraham and Isaac”.
A group of people with disabilities and other volunteers on mototaxis on Thursday handed out toys to excited children in Mérida.
State and municipal police have mounted a special task force to monitor the sale of pyrotechnics across Yucatán.
Approximately 400,000 people are expected to crowd the streets of Mérida’s Centro on Christmas Eve.
To help contain the spread of COVID-19, Mérida has opted to limit the number of Christmas events it is hosting this year for the city’s children. The municipal government has set up a festive caravan to spread holidays across the city to make up for the shortfall. The mobile shows began Wednesday at 6 p.m….
Christmas is a big deal in Mérida. But after the lackluster 2020 holiday season, people in the city seem to be getting more excited than ever.
El Fenicio is a Lebanese bakery where busy workers get up early each morning. Good pita bread is hard to find, but they make it fresh here every day. They also carry fresh hummus, empanadas, plain yogurt, tahini, and baba ghanoush. The hummus has a great flavor and is sold in different sizes with the…
Located right in front of the high school Centro Universitario Montejo, the market hosts slow-food vendors on the weekends and maintains its crafts and decor market all throughout the week.
It’s a little late, but Santa Claus said he is needed now as he headed to Tizimín with gifts. Children in the community flocked around the bearded man as he handed out presents. The springtime Santa turned out to be a 78-year-old Montreal native, William Jioi, who is “on a mission to bring smiles to…
Yucatán is the place for lively celebrations over the Christmas holidays. However, for obvious reasons, this year’s festivities will be much more subdued. With the prohibition of large gatherings and restrictions on mobility, traditions such as posadas and la rama have been canceled. Also canceled has been the lighting of the Coca-Cola Christmas Tree and…
Merida’s 2020 Christmas tree lighting was a little different than previous years. During Tuesday night’s ceremony at the Remate de Paseo Montejo, where a small Christmas village was erected, Mayor Renán Barrera Concha said that the festive lights symbolize the community’s hopes for better times. He dedicated the conical tree to the medical professionals at…
Some 2,000 Christmas decorations have started to appear on city streets, and city workers have their work cut out for them.
Turkey production has gone into overdrive for the holidays, keeping prices low for local consumers.
A canopy of tiny lights has brought a soft, golden glow to the famous passageway across from the Plaza Grande.
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