Aruba prepares to receive its visitors at the the Christmas and New Year holidays

December arrives and with it the festivities of Christmas and New Year. Today there are many people who take advantage of these holidays to gather as a family, reflect and also renew energies for the new year that begins. To achieve these objectives, there are those who are excited to travel and Aruba seeks to be the ideal destination with various activities and traditions.

Family celebrations
From December 1 to 23, the Renaissance Marketplace will host the Winter Wonderland night festival from 6 pm to 10 pm. This event is ideal for families, since it will have live musical entertainment and track on ice. In addition, there will be Santa Claus with his elves and a magical Christmas village, in which the delights of the season will be offered.

On the other hand, on Christmas Day (December 25) the Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino, will organize a Camp Hyatt to offer educational and very entertaining activities for its smaller guests. Some of them will be football games on the beach, crafts, and know the workshop of Santa and his elves. Even children can take pictures with them.

On December 27, the island will hold the Dande Festival at the Plaza Betico Croes. Arubians celebrate the New Year through the "Dande", a tradition in which groups of people visit the homes of family and friends to wish them the best wishes in the coming year through a song and typical musical instruments.

Young people and holiday lovers will be able to welcome the New Year as part of the beach celebrations that will be held by various hotels such as the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the All Inclusive Divi Resort and the Renaissance Ocean Suites, among others. All these parties will have a paradisiacal scenario, live shows, fireworks and special dinners.

Those who want to celebrate the welcome of 2019 in a different way, can go to the Hilton Resort, where local merchants and homes will light the traditional "pay" to attract health and prosperity in 2019. The pay is a row of Chinese firecrackers It ends with bigger ones for a spectacular ending, so it is a beautiful panorama to live the beginning of a new year as an Arubian.