Overview
- In late December, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez issued neutral season’s greetings that did not use the word Christmas.
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente publicly wished a “Feliz Navidad,” contrasting with other ministries that stuck to generic messages.
- The Ministry of the Presidency sent a greeting specifically to “the Christian community” on the day commemorating the birth of Jesus.
- Opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Santiago Abascal shared explicit Christmas messages.
- The dispute drew extra attention after deputy Lucía Muñoz’s call for the disappearance of the State of Israel prompted criminal complaints from the group ACOM.