said that it would be made a tradition. Following the opening speeches, school music groups and choirs performed by singing Christmas songs. While Santa Claus distributes gifts to children in Finland, [he/she] thanked the Alanya Municipality for ensuring such an event was organized in Alanya.
At the Christmas Market organized under the leadership of the Alanya Municipality Foreigners' Council, foreign associations, honorary consulates, and non-governmental organizations in Alanya opened stalls to showcase their national cultures. In addition to the display of regional identities at the stalls, sales were made of coffee, cookies, national beverages, foods, and Christmas-specific gifts. The money obtained at the end of the sales will be donated to a non-governmental organization working for the benefit of children in Alanya.
Entertainment and activities continued until late hours with the illumination of the giant Christmas tree in İskele Square.