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Belgium has allowed non-essential stores, museums and swimming pools to reopen from Tuesday 1 December - but will not relax the current rules on social contacts for the Christmas holidays.
The traditional Grand Place Christmas tree arrived early this morning, taking up its spot on the square, which also hosts the Nativity again this year.
The Winter Wonders Christmas market of course had to be cancelled, but Brussels has not been deterred from making the city centre festive beyond compare.
Bpost has opened its annual ‘Saint Secretariat’ where children can send their letter to Saint Nicholas. The saint receives an average of 300,000 letters each year, bpost reported on Wednesday.
The Flemish village of Puurs-Sint-Amands near Antwerp is hoping to bring a bit of extra cheer to its inhabitants during these dark days by lighting up its streets with seasonal decorations and kee
The City of Brussels has confirmed that the edition of the Winter Wonders will not take place in its usual form - but all is not lost.
Brussels' 19th edition of Winter Wonders attracted a record number of visitors, breaking the three million mark for the first time.
The crowds were out in Auderghem on Saturday for what is claimed to be Belgium's only Christmas-tree throwing competition.
