Come Home For The Holidays
Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's for Solo Travelers
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The holidays can be complicated when you're a digital nomad. Flying home is expensive and disrupts your travel plans. But the idea of a solo Thanksgiving or Christmas meal is pretty depressing.
Well, at Co404 Coliving, we're on a mission to make sure no nomad is lonely during the holidays. Across three homes in Mexico and Colombia, we're bringing our community together to decorate, share feasts and experience local traditions.
Basically, it's all the festive chaos you'd expect from a house full of travellers. You won't need to fly home to feel that festive family spirit.
How We'll Celebrate Like Locals
Whether you choose Oaxaca, San Cristóbal or Medellín, we'll help you get to know their unique local traditions. Tap the i to see what a tradition is and what we'll do, and a tick to read about that event in that house.
| When | What | San CristóbalSC | OaxacaOAX | MedellínMED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 November | Thanksgiving DinnerThanksgiving DinnerThe US holiday of giving thanks, 26 November. We cook a big shared dinner at the house, with games and a round of gratitude. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 30 November | La AlboradaLa AlboradaMedellín's unofficial start of December: at midnight on 30 November the whole city sets off fireworks. We watch it from a mirador with aguardiente and reggaeton. | · | · | ✓ |
| 1 December | Christmas Tree & House DecoratingChristmas Tree & House DecoratingWe decorate the house together: tree, lights, crafts and a shared Christmas playlist. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7 December | Día de las VelitasDía de las VelitasColombia's Day of the Candles, 7 December: families line streets, windows and doorways with candles and lanterns. We hold our own candle ceremony and decorate the front of the house. | · | · | ✓ |
| 12 December | Día de la Virgen de GuadalupeDía de la Virgen de GuadalupeMexico's most important saint's day, 12 December: processions, music and fireworks across the city. We go out together to see how locals celebrate. | ✓ | ✓ | · |
| 16–24 December | Las PosadasLas PosadasNine nights re-enacting Mary and Joseph's search for shelter, with songs, ponche and piñatas. We host one Posada feast at the house. | ✓ | ✓ | · |
| 16–24 December | Colombian Christmas NovenaColombian Christmas NovenaNine evenings of carols, prayers and food in the run-up to Christmas, a Colombian tradition. We join a local guide for a Novena night. | · | · | ✓ |
| 20 December | Christmas Gift ShoppingChristmas Gift ShoppingA group trip to the local markets to find Secret Santa gifts (and the last festive bits for the house). | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 23 December | Noche de RábanosNoche de RábanosOaxaca's Night of the Radishes, 23 December: artists carve giant radishes into scenes in the main square. We go as a group. | · | ✓ | · |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve DinnerChristmas Eve DinnerChristmas Eve dinner at the house, the big shared feast of the season. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 25 December | Secret Santa Gift ExchangeSecret Santa Gift ExchangeSecret Santa gift exchange at the house on Christmas Day. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 31 December | New Year's EveNew Year's EveWe go out together to a local bar or club to see in the New Year. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1 January | New Year's DayNew Year's DayA relaxed New Year's Day brunch at the house. No plans, no pressure. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
What does Christmas at Co404 look like?
Think shared Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinners, decorating the tree together, and finding presents for the people who've become your family away from home.
And in between? Your usual Co404 life. Dedicated coworking, reliable WiFi, people to have lunch with and a community to come home to at the end of the day.
Whether you're already travelling in Latin America or figuring out where to spend December, there's a place for you here.
Come home for Christmas.