- Also written
- Gran' Market
What “Grand Market” means
Grand Market is the big Christmas Eve market held in towns across Jamaica. Streets fill with vendors, food, toys, music and families in their best clothes, and it runs through the night into Christmas morning.
Examples
Wi a go a Grand Market tonight
We are going to Grand Market tonight
Grand Market keep gwaan till mawnin
Grand Market keeps going until morning
Wah time Grand Market start?
What time does Grand Market start?
How to use it
Said with fondness. For many Jamaicans it is one of the highlights of Christmas, and a common childhood memory.
Cultural context
Grand Market is a long-standing Christmas tradition, alongside sorrel, Christmas cake and, historically, Jonkanoo masquerade bands. The app's Christmas & Grand Market season covers the vocabulary around it.