Tbilisi’s main Christmas tree lit up
The main Christmas tree will be surrounded by a Christmas village from December 25. Photo: N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze and Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze have lit up the city's main Christmas tree on First Republic Square today.
"I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. 2018 has not been one of the easiest for our country and unfortunately, many people are still living in difficult conditions. Georgia needs solidarity as never before. By standing together, with great love, motivation and unity we will address all the challenges we are facing. 2019 will be a much better year," PM Bakhtadze said.
The motto of this year’s holiday season in Tbilisi is ‘The city full of love’. Photo: David Tabagari
The main Christmas tree will be surrounded by a Christmas village and fair from December 25 to January 7 on First Republic Square.
The festive season has again sparked creative talent among Christmas tree decorators across Georgia, from fire department personnel throughout the country creating trees from their equipment to an upcoming showcase of quirky designs at the Christmas Tree Festival in capital Tbilisi.
If you are spending your holiday season in Tbilisi, you are welcome to Dedaena Park where the city’s central Christmas Town is hosting concerts, theatre shows and children’s activities over the next two weeks.
The 2018 New Year is approaching and Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi is fast transforming into a festive city, with new shimmer and twinkle New Year illuminations.
Tbilisi's newly renovated Aghmashenebeli Ave is hosting a week-long Christmas fair of musical performances, souvenir sales and theatre shows, starting this Sunday.
From theatrical shows to artist concerts, open-air fairs and exhibition of countryside products, Georgia’s capital is celebrating the festive season for locals and visitors with a lot to see and experience.
Public transport will be free on New Year’s Eve in Tbilisi so that people attending outdoor celebrations can later get home more easily, announces Tbilisi City Hall.
While a major part of Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations has already taken place, locals and visitors in Tbilisi can look for more daily entertainment events in the city’s Christmas Village, to mark the Orthodox Christmas and the Old New Year dates.
Visitors finding themselves at the Strasbourg Christmas Market between November 22 and December 30 will have the possibility to visit a Georgian cottage, and buy Georgian products including Georgian wines of various brands, traditional sweets, Georgian crafts and handmade souvenirs.
Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia and President Salome Zurabishvili have sent kind wishes to all those worldwide who celebrate Christmas on December 25. “Let the holiday bring happiness and welfare to you and your families,” Gakharia wrote. The Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7 due to the two - week difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
Georgian citizens in the capital of Tbilisi and regional cities have held the annual Christmas march Alilo walking through streets to collect presents for homeless children, socially vulnerable adults and penitentiary facilities.