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José Ballesta: "The light of the water at Christmas will be the axis through which runs the entire Christmas program of the City of Murcia."

The Circular Square, which will once again be the epicenter of children's activities, will have two huge trees, two scenarios, a real-sized Bethlehem, the royal mailbox and a solidarity point for children to donate toys that will be paid in coin coins Of the centenary of the Council of Murcia

The City Council, through the Department of Modernization of Administration, Urban Quality and Participation and Employment, Tourism and Culture, has created a spectacular decoration of the main squares of the city for next Christmas.

As explained this morning the Mayor, José Ballesta, "the light of water at Christmas is going to be the axis through which runs the entire Christmas program of the City of Murcia."

Thus, next Saturday, December 3, at 19 hours, Murcia will be filled with light with the lighting of two Christmas trees located in the Plaza Circular.

"It is the largest Christmas installation in the history of this city, with 22 meters of perimeter for more than 30 meters of real tree and almost 80 meters of virtual tree," explained José Ballesta.

The inauguration will be enlivened with the performances of the Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia, the San Buenaventura Choir and B-Vocal, the most outstanding a cappella group in Spain and one of the most important in the world.

Subsequently, in collaboration with the COPE Group, at 8 pm, three other performances will take place in other parts of the city: La Guardia in the Plaza de los Apóstoles, Rock Classics in the Garden of Fame and Elliot's Journey In the avenue of the Freedom.

In addition, students and professors of the School of Hospitality and Tourism of Murcia will distribute with the team of Cope Murcia products in different places, such as more than 10,000 Easter cakes made by Pastelería Ignacio, more than 6,000 glasses of Cava Brut Nature of Bodegas Serrano , More than 3,000 raciones of the clock of the grapevine of New Year's Eve with El Ciruelo, Coca Cola, Pijo Que Rico Pataticas Fritas and sweets and chocolates with El Corte Inglés

The enormous trees of the Circular Square will be decorated with 80 aerial cannons and more than 50,000 Christmas decorations, stars and points of light of ultra low consumption LED technology that will also have two scenarios of a total of 300 square meters, a Bethlehem In your heart to real size and a Real Mailbox

In addition, as a novelty this year, and for the Murcia to show their solidarity, will be placed a space for children to deliver the toys they do not use and instead will be paid with chocolate coins that simulate gold doubloons commemorating the 750th anniversary of The creation of the Council of Murcia.

In the two scenarios installed, from 4 December to 5 January different workshops will be held where children and their families can learn, free of charge, to paint their own nativity figures, to make muffins and Christmas sweets, to plant their own tree Christmas or make your Christmas sock and enjoy pinatas, dances, magic shows, theater, storytelling, concerts, carols and many more surprises.

In addition, the City Council will install Christmas trees of about 6 meters high with natural ornaments of vegetation, LED lighting, giant Christmas decorations and light robotic cannon in the Díez de Revenga, Plaza de las Flores, Plaza González Conde, Glorieta de Spain, Manterola, Plaza de los Apóstoles and Plaza Mayor.

Mayor José Ballesta explained that "given the success of the initiative of the past Christmas, this year we wanted to innovate even more with the decoration of the main squares of the city and, especially, the Plaza Circular, creating in our sources , Squares and gardens Christmas spaces of fun, activity and family coexistence during these holidays ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia