{"id":34906,"date":"2025-10-28T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=34906"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:28:37","slug":"christmas-in-the-capital-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/christmas-in-the-capital-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in the Capital 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Christmas in Valletta is truly something special! Join us on Tuesday 25th November at 5.30pm for a special event to celebrate the lighting of Republic Street and the Christmas Tree in Freedom Square.<\/p>\n<p>This magical moment marks the start of a month-long celebration featuring live performances, street entertainment, and unique Christmas installations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Christmas in the Capital 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQu__HmVVBU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Festivities reach their peak with the National New Year\u2019s Eve Celebrations in St George\u2019s Square on the 31<sup>st<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in Valletta this Christmas season \u2013 celebrate tradition, music, and the warmth of community in a magical setting!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1754\" height=\"1241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01.png 1754w, https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-in-the-City-Calendar-01-1536x1087.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1754px) 100vw, 1754px\" \/><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valletta shines bright this festive season with Christmas in the Capital \u2014 a month of lights, music, and celebration from November 25th to New Year\u2019s Eve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32594,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[521],"etn_tags":[174,139,137,110,232,135,124,133,674],"class_list":["post-34906","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-christmas","etn_tags-choralmusic","etn_tags-christmas","etn_tags-christmaseve","etn_tags-christmasinthecity","etn_tags-christmasinvalletta","etn_tags-christmaslights","etn_tags-christmasstories","etn_tags-christmastree","etn_tags-christmastreevalletta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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