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Christmas in the Caribbean
CHRISTMAS TELLY.
Watching reruns of Zulu, The Snowman and
Santa Claus is
Indiana Jones while stuffing your face with
Cadbury’s Roses is what Christmas is all
about – and there’s no need to forgo this if
you spend it in the Caribbean.
The Inn at English Harbour in Antigua
coming to tan
holds a special festive Movie Night; this
year, the playlist includes It’s a Wonderful Life,
Holiday Inn (of “White Christmas” fame) and, of
course, the inescapable The Great Escape.
Almond Resorts offers Rudolphs’ Movie
Are your customers doing the usual this Christmas? Or
Time for children, where they can get their
annual fix of classics such as How the Grinch
do they want to minimise the fuss, maximise the fun and
Stole Christmas and Muppets Christmas Carol.
avoid the chilly UK weather? Many Caribbean hotels lay
At Beaches Resorts, children can watch
on a magical festive experience, says Philippa Jacks
their favourite Sesame Street characters take
part in a special Christmas parade.
TREAT YOURSELF.
SANTA’S HERE!. SHOPPING. Christmas is a time of giving, and clients in
It is unclear which hotel pioneered the Britons visiting the Caribbean earlier in the Caribbean can give themselves some TLC
Santa-arriving-on-a-jet-ski concept – or how December can avoid the scrummage of with a special seasonal pampering session.
many reindeer it has put out of business – Christmas shopping here in the UK by Tucker’s Point in Bermuda will be offering
but it’s something you’ll find across the stocking up on presents. festive treatments such as a cranberry body
Caribbean come Christmas time, including True Bay Blue in Grenada holds an annual massage, a candy cane manicure and
at Hawksbill by Rex Resorts on Antigua. Christmas Crafters Fair, on December 2-9, pedicure, and a pumpkin pie enzyme facial.
Round Hill in Jamaica puts a different where you can pick up jewellery, artwork, The Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda
twist on it by having Father Christmas pull ceramics, clothing, spices and beauty prod- recommends booking a hair and make-up
up in a speedboat. ucts. slot ready for its New Year’s Eve party. Take
And at Cambridge Beaches Resort in Almond Resorts recommends a Christmas advantage of the giving nature of hotels such
Bermuda, guests can marvel at the arrival by shopping excursion to local markets and as Nisbet Plantation Beach at Christmas: it’s
speedboat of a sexy Mrs Claus, who last year duty-free shops in Barbados and St Lucia to offering a free hour-long massage (and a bot-
handed out gifts of home-baked biscuits. pick up bargains for those back home. tle of champers) for every room. Turn to 50
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