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The city of Cartagena has come Christmas, a time in which children expect gifts excited, older meet the usual purchase of shortbread, candies and toys for dwarf and large and the streets are lit to announce this time. With the bridge of the Constitution and the Immaculate, the city is preparing for the holidays.
Those who stayed in this celebration took the opportunity to go outside, walk in the center of Cartagena, which make some other Christmas shopping and enjoy some activities scheduled for these dates as the ice rink.
Bethlehem Municipal was inaugurated last Friday in the Plaza San Francisco with various novelties.
This lateral year changes and is protected by a carp with 200 square meters to which the figures which compose 600 do not deteriorate.
On this occasion the reenactment of the 14 mysteries of the birth of Jesus is placed on a platform of about 120 square meters.
The Bethlehem this Christmas includes, a nod to the city of Cartagena, a replica of the dome of the Minor Basilica of Charity.
Smaller enjoyed the Bethlehem and a party that was prepared exclusively for them during the opening and wherein could hear the children's choir of the Conservatory, which sang carols accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra.
In addition, attendees enjoyed the carousel (free to be the first day), the chestnut, cotton candy, candy and storytelling, which remain installed until Epiphany.
About this bridge in Cartagena were also able to release the ice rink that was installed last Thursday in Plaza Juan XXIII, with an area of about 400 square meters and a capacity for 110 people.
Admission is about 3.50 euros, including skates and passes are performed every 35 minutes.
The groups scheduled schools and colleges have a special price of 2 euros.
The track opens in the morning and evening until 6 January.
In addition to John XXIII and San Francisco, the Christmas spirit was contagious throughout the city with the typical lighting this time it cycled for the first time this year last Friday.
The streets of the town are lit these days to announce that Christmas has already come and is decorated as a new way of woodland around the pedestrian axis with low consumption LED bulbs.
Ignition times will be from 5 pm until 1 am, but on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve Reyes and runs until 3am.
Solidarity is not missed during the bridge of the Constitution with the arrival of the Kings Crossing II.
A charity run about 222 kilometers long ending in Cartagena after three days of walking.
The objective of this initiative is to raise funds and toys for cheap those most in need at this time.
A dozen municipalities in the region participated in this act of solidarity which last year raised over 8,000 euros and 1,500 toys.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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