With Christmas now only 3 weeks away, seasonal preparations in Chania are in full swing. The municipal Christmas Tree has been erected in the square on Akti Tompazi behind the Küçük Hasan Mosque (Giali Tzami), along with a small children’s funfair. Soon the food shops will be filling up with melomakarona and kourabiedes, and supermarket shoppers will be assailed by endless repetitions of Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas and other favourite Christmas songs on the PA system.

Three Christmas favourites: melomakarona, kourabiedes, and Mariah Carey singing “All I want for Christmas (is You)”.

The Chania Trade Association has announced its proposed timetable of opening hours for shops in Chania for the Christmas period, from Sunday 15^th December 2024 to Monday 6^th January 2025, as follows. Bold type denotes the public holidays and their extensions when shops will be closed.