As usual, on Christmas Eve, Santa Clause was very busy with his annual home visits where he delivered gifts throughout the whole area of Ghajnsielem. Santa’s voyage started at 3pm and finished around 6pm - just in time for families to make it to the Christmas Eve Procession which started from Chambray Street and ended in the main square. This procession is a tradition first started by Museum founder, Dun Gorg Preca back in 1921.

Another Maltese Christmas tradition is the Midnight Mass where a boy or a girl, normally aged 7 to 10 years old, does the preaching of the sermon instead of the priest. This is known in Maltese as the ‘Priedka tat-Tifel’ which means ‘the preaching of the child’. The High Mass started with the procession of baby Jesus accompanied by the popular hymn Adeste Fidelis.

After the mass, many young people decided to celebrate the rest of the night out with their family and friends! The new archpriest Can Frankie Bajada also offered Christmas cakes, sweets and the 'kukudina' to all those present!

Meanwhile Ghajnsielem.com would like to wish all of you a wonderful Festive Season and all the best for 2007!

 

 

 

 

 

Midnight Mass