Our holiday celebrations are quite restricted this year, but there are still some villages, markets and festivities to enjoy! We have rounded up several local spots to get into the holiday spirit and let some Christmas cheer wash over you.

La Ligue Contre le Cancer is appealing for donations after a year of Covid-dominated health care. The local organisation that supplies hospitals and supports families with cancer is struggling after an alarming drop in donations this year. 2020 has been a trying year for everyone, but especially sick people, experiencing delays in treatments, lack of funding and increased risk due to immune compromisation.

While the news of France's President Macron being positive for Coronavirus was released, Prime Minister and Health Minister presented the government's planned vaccination strategy to the National Assembly this week. From the last week of December, a vaccination campaign of historic proportions is to begin, provided that all approvals have been granted by then.

This year has completely disrupted normal business and working situations. Although telecommuting has now become the norm, this new way of working still has its limitations... Indeed, it is hard to imagine receiving a customer in your living room or signing contracts in your kitchen. Renting office space for the day can solve this dilemma!

OVNi, or Objective Video Nice, is an experimental video art festival that explores multiple forms of video art. Each year, it takes place in multiple venues across Nice with a general mood that questions concepts of the self, in unusual and unexpected places such as hotel rooms, private properties and libraries. But 2020 looked like it would cancel it completely until artists used their creativity to innovate a solution. Head to Nice this weekend to see "OVNi: Open the Window".

This weekend in Cannes there is plenty to keep you shopping till you drop! In their own version of 'Black Friday', Cannes City Hall proposes activities, entertainment and attractive services to "boost" Christmas shopping.

The collective of contemporary art galleries in Nice are back at it with another edition of On Art. After this summer’s Nocturne series, the popularity of this multi-gallery, multi-exhibition evening grew to a regular – interrupted, of course, by that nasty virus.

***NEW!!!**** Introducing our first Christmas Guide with new pages added! An all-digital, all-local and all-Christmas guide to artisan crafts and local boutiques! 2020 has been a rough year and small local businesses have been particularly hard-hit. We wanted to give some extra visibility to the local artisans and boutiques that make their wonderful products right here in our own backyard.