The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has announced that the Christmas lighting will be on Thursday, November 23, at 7 p.m., in Puerta del Sol. It remains to be revealed who will be the replacement of hotelier Lucio as in charge of pressing the button. button to turn on Christmas in Madrid.
The cost to install the Christmas lights will reach 4.3 million euros, which represents an increase of 7.5% compared to last year.
For this year, the City Council will install 11 million energy-efficient LED lights, there will be 6,600 chains and 11 large fir trees.
In addition, several nativity scenes will be installed at various strategic points in the capital and, as a novelty, the giant ball of lights that was placed at the beginning of Gran Vía street will change location.
