Switzerland Christmas Festival / Swiss Club End of Year 2025 Celebration, featuring Swiss-Italian Canton Ticino!

This year the event is supported by Ticino Turismo (https://www.ticino.ch/) and will be held late afternoon and offers a dinner featuring specialties from the Swiss-Italian Canton Ticino!

Join us for an authentic Swiss Christmas Festival and please choose between following 2 traditional Swiss-Italian Ticino dinner meals (meat or vegetarian):

Merlot Risotto with traditional Luganighetta (Ticino Pork Sausage) and native salad
Vegetarian White Wine Penny Bun (Steinpilz / Cèpes / Porcini) Mushroom Risotto and native salad

We are super thrilled that the amazing Manu from Manu Delights (https://www.facebook.com/ManuDelights/), who cooked the 2025 Fondue during the Fonduenight, will be cooking again for the Swiss Club!

Registration / Purchase of ticket is required for all attendees. There is limited capacity, only 120 tickets are available! Don't wait, get yours today! Deadline to register is Wednesday 26th November, 2025

Details:

Raffle with beautiful prizes (e.g. real traditional Swiss Advent Wreath, stocking full of Swiss goodies and cookies, ... and Ticino Spa vouchers and Ticino discovery books for children!)
Everyone receives a small traditional Swiss Breadman (Grittibänz / Bonhomme en pâte / Pupazzo di San Nicolao)
Coffee and tea is provided
Please bring along a dish to contribute to the amazing dessert buffet to share with others!
Bring your own drinks and cups / glasses, and coffee / tea mugs.

For the children:

St. Nicolas will visit the children!
Signing up for the Gift-bag for a personal meeting with St. Nicolas is required.
Craft corner and other games provided.

Location:

Montacute Community Hall, 63 Institute Rd, Montacute SA 5134 (Google Map)
Parking available at venue.
Outdoor event

Program

17:00: Start of the Event
17:30: St. Nicolas and his helper Schmutzli are expected to arrive.
—Parents: Please sign up for the giftbags for your children to meet St. Nicolas—
St. Nicolas would love to hear a song or poem (see links for poems below).
Photos with St. Nicolas can be taken afterwards.
18.30: Dinner starts
21.30: End of event

Poems for Samichlaus can be viewed here:

Benefit from member ticket prices, sign up for your SCSA membership today at: https://www.swissclubsa.org.au/membership

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Your Swiss Club of SA committee

SCSA is a member and proud supporter of SA