Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Cyprus 2023 Schedule
The Coca-Cola Christmas truck will visit Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos this year (2023). We’ve got all the details you need.
Also, watch the original Coca-Cola Christmas truck commercial and discover more about the history of Coca-Cola’s links to Christmas!
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And so it begins… (FEATURED VIDEO):
The 2023 tour started in Larnaca on the 7th of December and we went along to film the fun!
Check out our short YouTube video here… (plays on YouTube in a new window, tab or the YouTube app).
Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour Schedule 2023
Coca-Cola’s iconic Christmas truck, with Santa Claus, will visit your town on the following dates.
*Details according to Coca-Cola HBC Cyprus.
Dates for Larnaca
Larnaca – Tuesday 19th December 2023
17:00 – 18:30 – ALPHAMEGA Supermarket Larnaca Central
19:00 – 20:00 – SLAVENITIS
20:00 – 21:00 the truck will take the following route…
Athens to Finikoudes
Also, in Larnaca (and a perfect Christmas Gift?)…
Dates for Limassol
Limassol – Thursday 14th December 2023
17:00 – 19:00 – PAPANTONIOU Hypermarket Ypsona
19:00 – 20:00 – On route Limassol » Macedonia » Makarios » Independence
20:00 – 21:00 – THE NAGS HEAD PUB
Limassol – Wednesday 20th December 2023
17:00 – 18:00 – ALPHAMEGA Polemidia hypermarket
19.30 – 21.00 – MY MALL Limassol
Limassol – Thursday 28th December 2023
17:00 – 19:00 – ALPHAMEGA Kapsalo hypermarket
17:00 – 19:00 the truck will take the following route…
Kipotheatre, Limassol Beach to the height of Theama Venue and return.
20:00 – 21:00 – RIO BRAVO
Limassol – Saturday 30th December 2023
15:00 – 17:30 – SLAVENITE COLUMBIA supermarket 18:30 – 19:00, the truck will take the following route… Promenade of Limassol up to Theama Venue and return. 19:20 – 21:00 – UPTOWN SQUAREChristmas 2023: It’s not too late…
Dates for Paphos
Paphos – Tuesday 12th December 2023
17:00 – 19:00 – Sklavenitis Paphos Hypermarket
20:00 – 21:00 – CHAKARIAN HELLADOS
19:00 – 20:00 – Posidonos Avenue stopping near ALEA / Ta Bania in Paphos Harbour
Paphos – Wednesday 27th December 2023
17:00 – 19:00 -PAPANTONIOU Hypermarket
19:00 – 20:00 the truck will take the following route…
Tombs of the Kings Avenue to Peyia with stops at the New Horizon, Kykkos Bar, Second cup, NOIR Espresso and BOULEVARD
NEW: Dates for Paralimni
Paralimni – Friday 15th December 2023
16:00 – 18:00 – Kokkinos Supermarket
18:30 – 20:30 – Paralimni Square (near the church of Agios Georgios)
Dates for Nicosia
Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Cyprus 2023 Schedule – Nicosia
Nicosia – Friday 8th December 2023
16:00-18:00 – ALPHAMEGA Hypermarket Engomi
18:30-20:00 – ALPHAMEGA Hypermarket Lakatameia
Nicosia – Saturday 9th December
19.00-21.00, the truck will take the following route:
Iroon, 28 October » Ilias Papakyriakou » Lefkotheou » Makedonitissis » Perikleous » Athens » Stavrou » Acropoleos » Nikis » Griva Digeni » Makariou Nicosia
20.30 – 21.00 Beer & Beer Nicosia
Nicosia – Sunday 10th December
19.30-21.30, the truck will take the following route:
Griva Digeni to Kolokasidi roundabout » Agios Dometios » American Embassy » in front of Murphy’s PUB to Metohi Kykkou » DIAS roundabout » Stasikratous » Makariou Nicosia and stops at 360 building & Stasikratous.
Nicosia – Wednesday, 13th December 2023
16:30 – 20:00 – ATHIAINITIS Hypermarket Pallouriotissa
Nicosia – Saturday 16th December 2023
19:00 – 21:00 – The truck will take the following route… Iroon » 28 October » Ilias Papakyriakou » Lefkotheou » Makedonitissis » Perikleous » Athens » Stavrou » Acropolis » Nikis » Griva Digeni » Makariou NicosiaNicosia – Sunday 17th December 2023
19:00 – 20:00 – The truck will take the following route…
Griva Digeni to Kolokasides roundabout » Agios Dometios » American Embassy » in front of Murphy’s PUB » to Metohi Kykkou » DIAS roundabout » Stasikratous » Makariou Nicosia.
20:00 – 21:00
Truck stops at Koumanoudi, Stasikratous
Nicosia – Saturday 23rd December 2023
15:00 – 17:00 -PAPANTONIOU Engomi supermarket
18:00 – 19:30 – METRO Lakatamia supermarket
19:30 – 20:30 the truck will take the following route…
- Spyrou Kyprianou
- Tseriou
- Pythonos
- Strovolou
- Jumbo Roundabout to Archangelos Roundabout and stop at FOODPARK
Nicosia – Tuesday 26th December 2023
18:30 – 20:00 the truck will take the following route…
Arch. Makariou III Latsia » Giannou Kranidiotis » Mall of Cyprus » Perikleous » Athens » Stavrou » Acropoleos Nikis » Griva Digeni » Makariou Nicosia
Nicosia – Friday 29th December 2023
16:30 – 18:00 – METRO Hypermarket Platy Aglantzias
18:30 – 19:30 – the truck will take the following route…
Heraklion » Stylianou Lena » Larnakos Avenue » Kyrenias Avenue » Limassol Avenue » Athalassis Avenue » Kyriakou Matsis » Themistocles Dervi » Walls of Old Nicosia.
Also in Nicosia…
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Coca-Cola Christmas History
The History of Coca-Cola Christmas Truck
Believe it or not, the Coca-Cola Christmas truck first appeared on TV in 1995 and here’s a chance to watch the first-ever commercial (it’s still amazing!).
The Coca‑Cola Christmas trucks were created by the American advertising agency W.B. Doner, and the campaign was named internally as ‘Christmas Caravans’.
It’s also cool to know that the same company behind the Star Wars films made the lighting on the illuminated trucks for the original commercial.
By 1998, newer commercials featuring the Coca-Cola trucks were broadcast in over 100 countries.
The Coca-Cola 2023 TV Commercial
The latest 2023 Coca-Cola commercial is below (with music performed by up-and-coming UK artist Celeste).
It’s good, but we are not sure anything can beat the original commercial above.
More on the history of Coca-Cola and Christmas.
If you think Coca-Cola’s ties with Christmas are a modern invention, think again. It goes back to 1931. However, it’s not true that Coca-Cola is responsible for the red Santa Claus.
Many people mistakenly believe that the red Santa is the work of Haddon Sundblom, and his drawings of Santa that were created for Coca-Cola advertising in the early 1930s, but the red suit first appeared on the covers of the famous magazine Harper’s Weekly at least forty years before.
According to Wikipedia, the first appearance of a modern Santa Claus, complete with what we consider the defacto “Santa suit”, was created by Thomas Nast. Prior to this, Santa’s suit was tan-coloured!
The drawings created by Thomas Nast were of a small Santa who could slide down chimneys, but his later works made him full-size. In addition, Thomas Nast was also the first to draw Santa, wearing a red suit with fur lining, a nightcap, and a black belt with a large buckle.
Rather than taking the credit for our much loved modern-day Santa, Coca-Cola has publicly attributed the suit’s red colour to Nast’s earlier work. Still, we think it’s fair to say that the work by Haddon Sundblom and the advertising of Coca-Cola from 1931 onwards certainly “standardised” and made the fat red Santa in the red suit extremely famous.
If you want to know more, here are some useful links (these links open a new window or tab):
The History of the Coca-Cola Red Truck Commercials (Coca-Cola Website)
