The Peninsula becomes The Home of Christmas across twelve hotels
Tree lightings, carols, Michelin starred feasts, rooftop skating and a toy hospital: the festive season at The Peninsula, from Paris to Tokyo.
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Every year The Peninsula turns its hotels into what it calls The Home of Christmas, and this season all twelve properties around the world are preparing a full programme of celebrations, concerts, feasts and family traditions.
The mood is set by the group’s festive film, The Magic Waits for You. It follows a woman returning to The Peninsula at Christmas, carried back by a drift of golden light to the wonder of childhood, and shows that the magic is made by hand: by white gloved staff, skilled chefs and fleet footed pages. The film can be watched on The Peninsula website and on YouTube.
Music and light
Live holiday music is a treasured part of the season. At many hotels the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, when the lobby tree is illuminated for the first time, comes with a joyful performance, while The Peninsula Beverly Hills fills its rooms with festive melodies from a live harpist.
Feasts and treats
Culinary teams across the group, many of them in Michelin starred restaurants, are preparing Christmas Eve dinners, Christmas Day brunches and Festive Afternoon Teas in each hotel’s Lobby, with tiered towers of savouries and sweets, warming drinks and Champagne. At The Peninsula Shanghai, Sir Elly’s serves a seven course Christmas Eve dinner against sweeping city views, and The Peninsula Paris offers gourmet bûches de Noël.
Family traditions
Some rituals bring guests back year after year: rooftop ice skating at The Peninsula Chicago’s Sky Rink, the much loved Toy Hospital at The Peninsula Tokyo, where volunteer toy doctors mend children’s worn toys, and gingerbread and cookie decorating at The Peninsula Beijing. In New York, families can join a Festive Brilliance Walking Tour of the holiday windows along Fifth Avenue, while The Peninsula London hosts Christmas film screenings in its private cinema and visits with Santa from 23 December to Christmas Day.
Stays and gifts
Guests who book ahead with Luxury in Advance can save up to 25 percent on the Best Available Rate at any Peninsula, and Peninsula Time allows check in from 6am and check out as late as 10pm. For gifting, The Peninsula x Anya Hindmarch Collection returns with limited edition, destination inspired totes.
Discover the full festive programme at peninsula.com/en/festive.