Overview
- Vigo activates its Christmas lights today at 20:00 with about 12 million LEDs across 460 streets and a 45‑metre tree in Porta do Sol, using controlled access that caps prime viewing to roughly 7,000 people with entries opening at 18:00.
- Madrid details a multi‑million‑euro program spanning more than 240 locations, including a 22‑metre tree by the Metrópolis corner, a 12‑metre walk‑through candle at Nuevos Ministerios, a giant Nativity at Las Cortes and LED technology under a contract that places energy costs on the provider.
- The capital’s market season includes Plaza Mayor from November 27 to December 31 with 104 stalls, Plaza de España with an ice rink through January 6, the Recoletos crafts fair with 150 artisans, and El Corte Inglés’ Nuevos Ministerios gastro‑market open daily through January 5.
- Valladolid readies its Plaza Mayor with a 31‑metre ‘Árbol de los Deseos’, a Nativity and a vintage carousel, and plans to open more than fifty wooden stalls on the evening of November 27 for the official lighting.
- A Coruña plans a November 28 lights inauguration featuring nearly three million LEDs, with former footballer Bebeto pressing the switch and a new María Pita market set to run to January 2 with about 38 vendors signed up and a target of around 50.