The magic of Christmas in Covasna County

🎄🎅🏻 Christmas means joy, family, and the warmth of home. Sometimes, however, we are forced to enter the winter holiday season feeling pressure from early preparations and the tasks on our to-do list. We invite you to slow down and prepare your soul for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Come and discover the magic and atmosphere of Christmas in Covasna County, where you will find:

🕯 Lighting the first Advent candle in Sfântu Gheorghe has become one of the city's most important community events. The tradition of giant Advent wreaths began in 2010, and since then, the city has celebrated together every year. This year, the flame of the first candle will be lit on November 30th in the Central Square, where thousands of people are expected to attend a balcony concert. Participants are asked to bring a candle with them, but the organizers also distribute candles on site so that people can take the blessed flame home and keep the message of Advent light in their homes. It is a tradition with deep symbolism, when on the four Sundays preceding the celebration of the birth of the Savior, a candle is lit, thus celebrating the coming of Jesus Christ. We hope that this year, as in previous years, the scouts will be able to bring the flame from Bethlehem—the city of the Lord's birth—to distribute among the participants of the event. ✨

🎁 The Christmas Market in Sfântu Gheorghe (December 13th-23rd, Central Square), a market with a 16-year tradition that brings together all the best of the holiday spirit: alleys in Elisabeth Park bathed in light, a Christmas tree, a craft fair with over 80 vendors, street food, stalls with traditional dishes such as kürtőskalács, Christmas-themed workshops for students (e.g., gingerbread decorating), children's drawing contests, music, dance, and poetry performances.

🔔 Museum Bazaar (December 13th-14th, conference hall of the Székely Mikó National College, Sf. Gheorghe), a small but soulful fair where you can buy handmade gifts for your loved ones, made with love.

🚂 Christmas train decorated for the winter holidays and featuring characters from the Szekler Legendarium animations, with music and good cheer for a tour of the city of Sf. Gheorghe (December 13th-23rd, departing from the Bod Péter County Library, Sf. Gheorghe).

🏃‍♀️🏃 The Fitness Tribe Association will organize a charity run under the motto "Kilometers for Children". The purpose of the event is to offer an unforgettable Christmas to children in need through community solidarity. Join a charitable and joyful initiative between December 1st-23rd, especially if you love exercise, and the kilometers covered by participants will be collected and turned into gifts and smiles!

🎁 Christmas Fair in Mereni (December 14th, Kelemen Didák Secondary School in the village of Mereni), where a small community awaits you to enjoy the magic of the holidays together and support local producers who will offer authentic (even scented) gifts and special presents for your loved ones.

⛪️ The replica of Micfalău village (inaugurated on the third Sunday of Advent, December 14, at the Youth Center in the bowling alley building in Micfalău commune), prepared by the youth of Micfalău. The young people have broken with the tradition of making gingerbread models through a creative process that took them three weeks: this year, the iconic and important buildings that will be illuminated for the holidays will be made of plaster.

⛄ Open-air ice rink, Adults Only and Kids Friendly SPA, and several restaurants offering gourmet cuisine or a carefully selected mix of traditional Romanian and Hungarian cuisine, as well as some gourmet delicacies from international cuisine, or a restaurant dedicated to pizza lovers in Băile Balvanyoș - Balvanyos Resort and Peakture Hotel Balvanyos (open until Christmas). ❄️