Overview
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wished people well for “las fiestas” rather than naming Christmas, reflecting the neutral phrasing highlighted this year.
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente explicitly said “Feliz Navidad,” contrasting with ministries that opted for generic messages or offered no special note.
- The Ministry of the Presidency issued a greeting to “the Christian community” on the day commemorating Jesus’s birth, standing out among official communications.
- Opposition figures Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Santiago Abascal shared traditional Christmas messages and imagery.
- The season’s messaging crossed into political controversy as Podemos deputy Lucía Muñoz’s pro-Palestinian post drew a legal complaint from the group ACOM.