Christmas Day in Tenerife

Christmas Day lunch tends to be something only for those who get up and it is really only a day of recovery - like we use Boxing Day, which is not observed as a holiday here. Rabbit is the frequent fare, a Canarian staple, and it isn't unusual for a pair of live bunnies to be kept under a beer crate for an exceedingly fresh Christmas Day lunch.

One year two turkeys were acquired instead, said birds having been brought up in someone's mother's back yard. I provided details of the cooking times from my Good Housekeeping 'bible' and in return heard the story of the injuries sustained when one of the said birds took exception to his fate. Hummm, but you really haven't tasted turkey until you have tasted this extremely fresh and free-range variety.

Many locals and tourists alike will make a visit to the mountain
on Christmas Day, which is very likely to be snow-capped at this time of year. The trip will mean passing through Canary pine forests and seeing the vast number of wild Poinsettias - huge bushes growing to around 8 feet in height - which proliferate in the islands especially on high ground and in the north.

Find a small patch of snow and kids of all ages will play. Who needs "packaged" Christmas, when there's such a naturally decorated one like this available? And yet, just an hour or so later, you could be back on the beach enjoying the average 22º C (71º F) year-round coastal temperatures and be among the palm trees. Where else in the world can you do all of this at once on Christmas Day?

About the author: Pamela Heywood has been resident in Tenerife since 1992. This article first appeared in Tenerife Topics, a monthly newsletter that looks mostly at the other face of Tenerife from that that the tourist usually discovers. Since her Tenerife Topic days, Pamela has launched a comprehensive domain on all things Tenerife - aptly named : Secret Tenerife

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