- Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv’s secular nature is one of its biggest draws, but when it comes to the Christmas spirit this attribute works against it. While there are typically sporadic events throughout Advent in Jaffa, as well as Christmas services at most of the city’s churches, your best bet for a lively Christmas atmosphere is actually to head to Jerusalem, where the Old City and its many active Christian communities come alive throughout the month leading up to Christmas. In the capital, you’ll find lavish dinners at hotels popular with Christian tourists, concerts, caroling, special tours, beautiful services and much more.
Check out iTravelJerusalem’s Christmas events page for more details closer to the holiday.
However, if you are set on spending the holiday in Tel Aviv, try heading to St. Peter’s, St. Michael’s or Saint Anthony’s Church in Jaffa for Christmas Mass, or if you are looking for Protestant services, to Immanuel Church in Tel Aviv’s American-German Colony. And if you are more keen on partying for Christmas than you are for religious services, check back here for details on events at clubs and music venues as they become available.
Christmas Events in Tel Aviv
Jaffa Port Christmas Market
Inspired by the Christmas markets of Europe, the Jaffa Port Christmas Market will have a culinary twist with foods, wines and other products from all over the world.
Where: Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv-Yafo
When: December 12-25, 2015; Wednesday-Thursday from 3:00-11:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm
Christmas Carols at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Where: 27 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv-Yafo
When: December 23, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Cost: 120-140 NIS
Tickets: 03-6077070, 03-6077020
Christmas Tree Decoration
Decorate 2 Christmas trees with the local Immanuel Church congregation!
Where: Immanuel Church, 15 Beer Hoffman Street, Tel Aviv
When: December 23, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Christmas Eve Service
Where: Immanuel Church, 15 Beer Hoffman Street, Tel Aviv
When: December 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Christmas Midnight Service
Where: Immanuel Church, 15 Beer Hoffman Street, Tel Aviv
When: December 25, 2015 at 12:00 am
Christmas Day Service
Where: Immanuel Church, 15 Beer Hoffman Street, Tel Aviv
When: December 25, 2015 at 11:00 am
Christmas Concert – Arin Maisky & Friends
Where: Immanuel Church, 15 Beer Hoffman Street, Tel Aviv
When: December 25, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Thursday Night Party at the Block
The Block doesn’t take a night off for Christmas…
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Photos: Guy Yechielya
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