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In December, Loulé will be decorated with a number of traditional nativity scenes. An exhibition of Christmas cribs from Maria Cavaco Silva’s personal collection will be held at the Convento

Tavira Câmara has decided to substantially reduce the Christmas lighting decoration for the city in 2012, to reinforce the support given to the poorest families in the locality throughout the

After last year’s success, the project ‘Christmas Holiday at the Farm’ is returning to the Quinta Pedagógica in Portimão, to keep children occupied during the school break in December. Activities

Staff and students at Vale Verde International School, Lagos, grew or wore moustaches in November as part of their campaign to raise awareness of male forms of cancer. Approximately one

On December 1, the theme for the last in the 2012 series of themed supper evenings in aid of the spaying and neutering programme at the Donkey Sanctuary was “The

This Christmas season, a mobile library set up in a van, named the ‘Bibliomóvel’, will help to spread culture around the Castro Marim municipality. It will be an extension of

The International School of the Algarve, near Lagoa, held its annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 24, raising €2,000 for a girls’ home in Portimão. The yearly event is an

The Four Seasons Country Club in Quinta do Lago held a Christmas fair on November 24, in aid of Algarve needy children’s charity ACCA. Organisers say the day was enjoyed

The Cine-Teatro Louletano is welcoming the Russian Classical Ballet on December 13 for a special performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, coreographed by Petipa. Based on the story The Nutcracker and

Algarve author Brian P. Pemberton will be presenting his book, The Wolf and the Sorceress, at the Holiday Inn hotel in Armação de Pêra on December 17 at 4.30pm. If