Merry Christmas
from Alora!

The spirit of Christmas was burning bright at the first Alora Christmas Fair held on the 15th December in the recently redesigned Plaza Arriba.

A little old fashioned and all the better for it, the small village feel of genuine joy and glad tidings was good to see, with stalls proudly displaying the region’s local produce, such as cheeses, sausages, olive oil, wine, craftwork and perfume and soaps made from natural ingredients. There was story telling and balloon sculpture for the children before a stirring, guitar accompanied performance of carol singing that warmed the hearts of the crowd in the slightly chilly evening air.

Organised by the Town Hall and AECA, the fair is sure to become a regular event on Alora’s rich cultural and entertainment calendar, although it is extremely unlikely that the hope expressed by one of the ‘local characters’, a young man with a carrot nose and a Beefeater hat, would ever be realised: “Let it snow!”