We’ve decided to make a Christmas magazine. Apparently, November looked a bit quiet in the diary. An administrative error, obviously.
This year, we’re putting together a free online Christmas and New Year special full of festive things to see, do, eat and argue about across the Pyrénées-Orientales. Think Christmas markets, Catalan traditions, something sweet for the table and a quiz to find out just how Catalan your Christmas really is. We’ll be giving it a go ourselves, which is precisely why we haven’t promised to publish our scores.
And before anyone starts composing a strongly worded letter, the printed P-O Life is staying right where it belongs, on café counters, by the tills and in that pile of magazines you’re definitely going to sort out one day. This is a one-off festive trial to see how you like an extra online edition between print issues.
Fancy being in it? We’ve gone a bit silly with the ad prices.
Perhaps you make something lovely that would look good under the tree. Maybe you’ve got a festive menu, a shop full of gifts, a show to fill, vouchers to sell or a service people could use in the New Year. It could be anything from handmade chocolates to help with the roof. One makes an excellent stocking filler. The other is considerably more useful when it rains.
You don’t need a big business or a Christmas-themed offer. If you’ve got something you’d like to put in front of our English-speaking readers, we’d love to hear from you.
| Advert size | Festive trial price |
|---|---|
| Quarter page | €45 HT |
| Half page | €70 HT |
| Full page | €99 HT |
Prices exclude VAT.
We’ll share the edition on the P-O Life website, across our social media and in our weekly newsletter. Our newsletter goes out to thousands of subscribers, and there are more than 7,000 members in our Facebook group. We’ll make sure they know where to find it.
Want to book a space or see if your idea would fit? Drop us a line at info@anglophone-direct.com with a little about what you’d like to advertise. If you’re unsure which size to go for, we can help you choose.
And when it comes out, tell us what you think. Did it send you off to a market you’d never been to? Did you find a new favourite local business? Would you read another online special? We’d love to know. We can take honest feedback, especially if you break it to us over a mince pie.
Keep an eye on P-O Life for the launch. We’re looking forward to sharing it with you.
P.S. We were going to give you a sneak peek at the cover. But it wouldn’t be much of a surprise then, would it?
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! 🎄
(That’s a line from Home Alone, or Maman, j’ai encore raté l’avion ! in France. We’ve watched it so many times we’ve forgotten how normal people say Merry Christmas.)