A wonderful festival of flowers and pageantry takes place every year in Mdina.

Easter is a time for repentance and rejoicing and within just four days all these different scenarios come to life.

The Maltese Archipelago is made up of four islands - Malta, Gozo and Comino are inhabited, Filfla is not. There are other smaller islands, Cominotto and St Paul's, which are also uninhabited.

We have long associated festivities and merrymaking with food and drink. Christmas is one of the major feasts that is made so special by the food we prepare and serve to our loved ones.Traditions through the ages as well as from country to country differ greatly. Yet a Roast turkey, plum pudding, Yule log and mince pies seem to be universally accepted as Christmas staples.  What we choose to put on our table depends on a mix of tradition and our own personal tastes. Most of the food we consider traditional is also symbolic.

List of Cribs and Exhibitions
•    Oldest Crib in Malta St Peter’s Monastery, Mdina
•    Maltese Nativity Crib and Christmas art exhibition at Auberge d’Italie in Merchants Street, Valletta Dec 17 - Jan 7.
•    Mechanical Crib, Jesus of Nazareth Institute, Bishop Emanuel Galea Street, Zejtun
•    Live Crib in St Andrew’s Street, Lija
•    Live Crib set in an old farmhouse, in Mannar Street, Xaghra, Gozo.
•    Live Crib, Nativity Village in Ghajnsielem, Gozo