Check out this fab event and other festive happenings across Abu Dhabi this Christmas time
December promises to be magic again, so sang Kate Bush.
In Abu Dhabi, though, Christmas is going to be even better than that.
Gingerbread house workshops, Christmas tree lightings and even Santa Claus will be visiting us all in Abu Dhabi.
The halls will be decked with holly for those wonderful Christmas lunches, dinners and brunches, and we can expect the New Year to enter with a bang.
And let’s not forget the oh so popular afternoon tea, which is about to get spruced up and will morph into a festive afternoon tea in Abu Dhabi with all the trimmings, copious amounts of tea and those dainty bites.
But this Christmas afternoon tea in Abu Dhabi just might be the cherry on top.
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Taking place on Saturday, 9 December, from 5pm to 6.30pm, the Helipad Sunset Celebrations, the name of this particular afternoon tea, will take you to greater heights when it is served atop The St. Regis Abu Dhabi’s helipad.
And the great thing about this is that you and your friends are invited to experience a festive-inspired afternoon tea on which is said to be the highest-active helipad in the Middle East.
As the sun makes it way below the horizon, book this famed Christmas afternoon tea in Abu Dhabi and you’ll be savouring delightful Christmas-themed sandwiches, dainty cakes and pastries, while gazing at the Abu Dhabi skyline from 255 metres above the ground.
It doesn’t get much better than that, does it?
AED 550 per person. To book your spot, call 02 694 4553 or email restaurants.abudhabi@stregis.com
Yas Island is getting Christmas ready
In more Christmas celebrations around Abu Dhabi, Yas Island is about to be turned into a gloriously white winter wonderland, which is brilliant news.
The five-day event promises to make things white on a large scale with firework shows, Christmas tree lightings, not to mention a rather fab snow-zone when the Yas Winterfest descends on the famed island between 6 to 10 December.
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It is not just Yas Island that is gearing up for Christmas, though, the festive season is about to spread its sparkly wings across most of Abu Dhabi too.
And Christmas celebrations in Abu Dhabi are certainly not complete without the man in red himself, and yes, you’ve guessed it, Santa Claus WILL BE coming to town.
Team Yalla has, like Santa’s elves, been hard at work and scoured high and low to find out exactly where Santa will be this year.
So, here’s where to see Santa in Abu Dhabi
The St. Regis Abu Dhabi
Friday 8 December, 3.30pm – 7.30pm
Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi
7 December 6pm onwards
Yas Links Abu Dhabi
Saturday, 9 December, 6pm-7pm
Yas Acres Golf & Country Club
Friday, 15 December, 6pm
And if that has whet your appetite and you are itching to see the man in red (only if you are good, of course), then click here for all the deets on where you can see Father Christmas this year.
There will be snow this year in Abu Dhabi
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Let it snow! (Please).
Snow in Abu Dhabi is a dream for many of us, especially during the festive season. Thankfully, the sub-zero ice park, Snow Abu Dhabi has you covered for those chilly days in December, and all year round in fact.
Snow Abu Dhabi, which opened its doors in summer 2023, offers you and the little ones a whole heap of Christmas fun.
Enjoy the centre’s no less than 12 exhilarating rides and 17 new attractions spread over 10,000 square feet, for the most exhilarating festive season in the capital.
Go on, let it snow!
For more festive happenings, visit Yalla Christmas 2023
