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Lights, carols and street, Cartagena again for Christmas (12/12/2011)

The Department of Celebration has presented the program of activities that encourage the heart of the city from December 16, which opens in Bethlehem until January 5, with the Parade of Reyen putting the finishing touch to parties

Optimizing resources and hard work is done to take forward a program of activities that sparkle to Christmas in the city, hence, weight to the austerity that marks the era we live in, the Department of Festivities and made ​​an effort to make these days, the youngest enjoy holiday traditions, assured the Councillor, Florentina Garcia Vargas.

Thus, the city streets become carols, children's workshops, inflatables, banners, puppets, and also this year has reached an agreement with the fairground horses to make an appearance in the main squares of the city, such as the Plaza del Rey, Plaza Juan XXIII and Reeds Park, offering trips at only 1 euro.

On Friday, December 16 will open the Bethlehem Municipal, located in the Plaza San Francisco, and the Christmas lights that remain on until the 8th of January.

Along with birth, also become the traditional houses that have been installed in the square for three years and that both kid-friendly, such as the Storyteller, with morning and afternoon activities, and the chestnut, in addition to the carousel and the stand of cotton.

All these activities are free on opening day.

To give life to the streets of downtown are scheduled eight and thirteen musical theater activities in the Plaza San Francisco and Magic Day at the Gates of Murcia, and the big inflatable slide like that back to the port area as well as 10 works aimed at children at the Teatro Circo.

Councillor for Festivities also stressed that the New Year's Concert, which will take place on January 2 and will feature the Symphonic Orchestra of Elche, will be held at the newly opened Auditorium The Batel.

The parties will have her brooch on 5 January with the arrival of Their Majesties the Kings of the East by boat in the morning, the port of Cartagena and after receiving the children at the gates of the Palace Hall, will be prepared for paraded through the streets of the city in the twelfth, with thirteen carriages that will deliver 16,000 gifts and 5,000 kilos of candy.

On this occasion, Their Majesties of the East will be assisted by Council Diego Ortega, Melchor, Mariano Garcia, Gaspar and Francisco Espejo, Baltasar.

The Department has issued 22,000 handheld programs can be collected at the Tourist Offices, Shopping Center and Department of Festivities Open, and is also available on the municipal website .

The budget of the Department for programming this year, not including lighting, is 200,000 euros, representing a reduction of 25 percent.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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