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Top Ten Reasons To Spend Christmas In Tenerife
aving splashed and sloshed of ten aspects of Christmas hell
our way through the wettest and how jetting off on a sunny
summer in living memory, holiday to Tenerife will turn
many of us Brits are severely in them all around!
need of a bit of light relief.
Recent statistics reveal a 1) In the UK: Presents and
desperate rush to leave the shopping
country over Christmas and head
to the gloriously sunny climes of Us Brits spend an average of £384
Tenerife. The statistics, from a on 18 Christmas presents.
survey by TravelRepublic, show a Significantly more than you might
massive increase in winter sun be spending on your whole
holidays in general and Christmas Tenerife holiday!
holidays to Tenerife are the most
popular of all. In Tenerife: Spanish souvenirs
There has been a drop in Tenerife It’s impossible to list all the
holiday prices this season with Spanish souvenirs you could find
many one-week package holidays to for your loved ones, but here are
Tenerife coming in at under £300. five of the most popular items
Cheap holidays to Tenerife are you could pick up whilst on
clearly a big draw to those of us holiday in Tenerife:
keen to escape the grim British
weather, but could there be more Abanico – hand held fans
to it than this? Christmas is elaborately decorated or carved
getting bigger every year and the from wood make a great Tenerife
pressure to get it right is Christmas present.
immense. A Tenerife Christmas can Football Souvenirs – items
remove such hassles, and more. brandishing the Real Madrid crest
That’s why I’ve compiled a list or a miniature replica of the
stadium are ideal gifts for In Tenerife: Real jollity
footie fans!
Waking up to the bliss of no
Bullfighting Souvenirs – you can responsibilities and a day of
buy a representation of the three sunbathing will put you in a
matadors or even a replica naturally good mood, so there’s
matador’s jacket. no need to fake it!
Toro – these miniature Spanish 3) In the UK: Inappropriate
bulls vary in quality from outfits
moulded plastic to elaborate
pieces hand made in leather. Christmas seems to inspire the
oddest outfits: fluorescent
Art & Paintings – from the antlers, hair tinsel, ‘fun’ paper
country that gave birth to crowns, ridiculous knitted
Salvador Dali and Picasso there festively themed woolly jumpers –
is a large selection of cheap the list is endless and another
scenes of everyday Spain. example of that enforced jollity.
2) In the UK: Enforced jollity In Tenerife: A good tan
At Christmas there is no greater Developing a healthy glow on
sin then appearing to be grumpy. holiday in Tenerife will make you
Never mind if it’s raining again the envy of all your friends when
when it ought to be snowing. the glitter of Christmas has died
Never mind the awkward family down to a dull fizzle and
tensions. If your mood isn’t up everyone’s feeling pale and
you’re in trouble - you’re miserable. Ha-ha!
‘ruining Christmas’.
4) In the UK: Guzzling excessive
cheap alcohol a mad drunken stupor. The
Facebook photos won’t make it any
To get through the emotional easier to forget.
rollercoaster of another family
Christmas, many of us, despite In Tenerife: Beach parties!
our best intentions, will turn to
the bottle to ease the pain. The A beach party in Tenerife will
following day’s hangover only really blow away the winter
makes it that much worse. cobwebs. For daytime fun, the
main beach of Playa de las
In Tenerife: Sipping cocktails by Americas is where the party
the pool people go to recharge their
batteries before the next
There are so many fabulous bars clubland assault and when the sun
in Tenerife that you’ll be spoilt goes down you can head to
for choice, and there’s no need Enramada Beach near La Caleta,
to overdo it when you’re already where Chiringuito Beach Club
having so much fun! hosts parties at the weekend.
Many revellers choose to camp on
5) In the UK: Office parties the beach at Las Galletas,
bringing their own food and
You can already picture the drinks and listening to music
scene: watching what you drink in into the small hours. Christmas
case you say exactly what you in Tenerife is such fun!
think about your unbearable boss
or colleague, whilst pretending 6) In the UK: Christmas lunch
not to be disgusted by the
cringeworthy advances of the First of all, whoever’s cooking
office letch. Finally, you end up is incredibly stressed, and
dancing wildly with said letch in claims you have no idea how much
work there is to do (if you try ‘platanos fritos’ - fried
and help then you’re inevitably bananas.
doing it all wrong). This leads
to petty arguments and numerous 7) In the UK: Christmas
kitchen disasters. Meanwhile one television
member of the family has suddenly
decided to become a vegan without Saccharine Coca Cola adverts,
telling anyone and refuses to eat endless repeats of ‘Only Fools
a thing, glaring grumpily while and Horses’, soap extravaganzas
everyone else tucks into their and ‘Celebrity’ Christmas
turkey. specials.
In Tenerife: Tapas & fresh In Tenerife: singles – Find a
tropical fruit winter romance
Food in Tenerife is very tasty For goodness sake, forget TV and
and a lot less stressful than get out there onto the lively
Christmas dinner. Tapas are Tenerife singles scene. If
Spain's appetizers, scrummy anything’s going to boost your
little dishes which are often sprits at Christmas it’s a
flavoured with garlic, chillies sizzling holiday romance!
or paprika, cumin, salt, pepper
or saffron. It often comes with 8) In the UK: Christmas number
seafood such as anchovies, ones
sardines or mackerel in olive oil
with tomatoes and sometimes Slade’s ‘So here it is Merry
peppers or olives. On your Christmas’, Band Aid’s ‘Do they
Tenerife holiday you can also know it’s Christmas’ and Aled
sample many delicious tropical Jones’ ‘Walking in the air’.
fruits like mangoes, paw paw and Haven’t you heard them all
enough? them don’t know the words and the
other half are miming.
In Tenerife: iPod
In Tenerife: iPod
Forget the naffness - when you
set off for your holiday in See above.
Tenerife you make sure you’ve got
all your favourite tunes at your 10) In the UK: Unrelentingly grim
fingertips so you can sunbathe in weather
peace.
Grrr. Grrr. Grrr.
9) In the UK: Carol singers
In Tenerife: Sunshine
Expecting you to give them money
for one chorus of ‘We Wish You a Mmm - what a relief!
Merry Christmas’ when half of
About the Author:
Dev Aziz is the Marketing Manager of Search Travel Online. Search Travel Online is part of the Co-operative Group, specialising in cheap holidays to Tenerife, Majorca, Costa Brava, Costa Blanca, Costa Dorada, Costa del Sol, Andor.
Published At: www.Isnare.com
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