Your Week in Yucatán Today: Yucatán’s local news (and upcoming events) in under 10 minutes. 

This week:

• A major update regarding the killing of a 12-year-old girl in Izamal
• Civil Protection assured residents there is no risk after a week of small earthquakes near Ticul 
• The government is giving Yucatecos extra time to stock up for holiday parties 
• One of the year's most intense astronomical events, the Geminids Meteor Shower, is active and visible across Yucatán
• México celebrates the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Friday, but that’s not the reason why banks were closed

Check out: 

• The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe: https://yucatantoday.com/en/blog/virgin-guadalupe 
• How Mérida celebrates the Virgin of Guadalupe: https://yucatantoday.com/en/blog/celebrations-of-the-virgin-of-guadalupe-in-merida
• The antorchistas (torch-bearers) in Yucatán: https://yucatantoday.com/en/blog/who-are-the-guadalupe-antorchistas

Looking for what to do in Yucatán these days?

The Orange Fair at Oxkutzcab, through December 21: https://yucatantoday.com/en/blog/oxkutzcab-orange-fair

Mérida’s free ice-rink, through January 7:https://yucatantoday.com/en/events/christmas-festival-merida-brilla

The Yucatán Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas Gala, free at Parque La Plancha on Sunday, December 14: https://yucatantoday.com/en/events/osy-christmas-symphonic-gala-la-plancha

The Mérida English Library Holiday Wine Tasting Experience on December 18: https://meridaenglishlibrary.com/register/p/wine-tasting

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This week, we talked about the lemon shark. Read La Jornada Maya’s feature by clicking here: https://bit.ly/4aMSWll

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