Campos do Jordão is decked out for the holidays and hosts a wide range of attractions during Natal na Montanha, or Christmas in the Mountains, from late December to Epiphany (January 6).
Praça São Benedito, a square in Vila Capivari, is the setting for a lot of the action in Natal na Montanha, including the New Year's fireworks. More than 200,000 people packed the square and its surroundings to ring in 2008.
Leave it to Campos do Jordão, which is fit to burst with fat-wallet tourists from São Paulo in the winter, not only to come up with a Christmas extravaganza - something which fits Capivari's European style - but to dare to compete with Brazil coastal towns as a New Year's Eve destination, and to be very successful at that.
Natal na Montanha Attractions
- The Campos do Jordão portal features a rhythmic lights show during the event.
- In 2008, the theme for the Christmas Show is Natal de Todos os Povos, or Christmas of All Nations.
- Animated Nativity Scene
- Santa Claus' House
- Shows and Performances
Open daily and decorated with country style furniture provided by a famous local store.
Hours: Mon-Tue 1p-7p, Wed-Thur 10a-7p, Fri-Sat 10a-10p, Sun 10a-7p
Choirs, ballet, opera singers, and, on New Year's Eve, bands playing anything from samba to Elvis Presley perform on São Benedito Square. You can check the 2008/2009 schedule under Programação on the Natal na Montanha website.
