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Murcia City Council will kick off the campaign at Christmas Murcia, whose development involved the shops in the city and involves several councils.
This initiative is the promotion of life and commerce in the city with actions to be developed on the street.
The heads of trade associations have already held several meetings with the Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Angel House, and Councilman Rafael Gomez, to print the holidays a special character.
The lighting of the lights will be on December 5
Murcia City Council is developing a comprehensive program of Christmas which are involving several councils in order to provide citizens with a memorable Christmas despite the economic crisis.
Thus, in addition to activities planned by the City of Festivals and Popular Culture, the Culture, Youth, Sports, Education, Tourism, Parks and Gardens and Welfare prepared many activities to which the offer is varied and reaches everyone, especially children.
The City Council will strengthen the supply of Christmas activities in areas like Vistalegre, El Carmen, and Central districts, thanks to the participation of various trade associations in these neighborhoods and neighborhood groups are showing in organizing children's entertainment, supported by the Department of Festivities.
The lighting of the Christmas special lighting will be next Friday, December 5.
This year, due to its special characteristics, the Christmas lights will mean a 90 percent savings in electricity consumption (in its entirety is LED or cold light) and a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere (from 5,602 kg / day in 2007 is passed to 678 kg / day).
Thus, the City of Murcia has become one of the first municipalities in Spain to comply with European legislation on the streetlights, before it enters into force. The total power provided electricity consumption is 257 kw (235 euros / day), an octave lower than in the past year.
A show that returns to renovated Murcia is "Light on Christmas."
This edition, besides the play of light and sound on the facades of the Cathedral, Bishop and Moneo building, this show incorporates this Christmas involving live actors and a new element: water.
As a novelty, Place of the Red Cross will be the site chosen for the arrival of Santa Claus to town.
The greater extent of this space has been key to the technicians chose to move this show from the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga, its previous location.
The Plaza of the Red Cross will also be the site chosen for the start of the parade of Santa Claus.
Moreover, since this past weekend and is open the skating rink installed, like last year, in the Garden of Fame.
The Department of Popular Culture Festivals and last few days, the 2008-2009 Christmas program, a program that, as expected, run from December 15 to January 6, 2009.
The Department of Tourism has organized various routes of Christmas, which will start on December 26 and end Jan. 3.
Traditional Nativity, Christmas Nativity scenes with the Aurora and Popular are the names of the routes that are developed on weekends to bring the traditions Murcia who want to know more detail.
Through them you can visit the Bethlehem City, Bethlehem in La Pava, listen to the songs aguilandos Auroros Bell of Santa Cruz and enjoy sweets.
Environment has a major activity scheduled for Saturday, December 13, dedicated to the Murcia live their gardens.
In a total of six green areas of the municipality will engage in storytelling, sports, games and entertainment in more.
Also, within the campaign "Plant for the Planet, Plant for Murcia" in all the gardens, plantations of trees.
In the area of Health, the council has published a series of recommendations for the consumption of food at Christmas, like shopping in advance as possible, keeping food and monitor the quality of the products purchased.
The council led by Fulgencio Cervantes will also develop a plan of sanitary food control to prevent tampering or abuse.
Christmas Holidays For 2008/09, the Department of Education has scheduled cycle Film Days, which is the projection of a film series non-commercial, morning session.
The activity lasts from 10 to 12:30, DESD on Saturday 20 December until 2 January.
This will cover all the Christmas holidays with cultural activities for children, such as inversion formula of free time and families an additional service on school break periods.
Attendance is free, first-served basis.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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