Neither one nor two nor three, 10 will be the luminous nativity scenes that will cross the perimeter of the Christmas fabric that the City Council of Madrid prepares for the downtown area of ​​the capital and that will be put into operation "in the last days of November", they point to EL WORLD sources of the Consistory Works and Equipment Area . Those are the dates that the municipal corporation manages to illuminate the main streets of Madrid, although the exact day for official lighting is still unknown. "It will be in recent days, close to Black Friday , but the exact date is not set yet," said Paloma García Romero's team .

And at the center of this light project, which will install Ximénez Illuminations - the same company that has been doing it since 1973 as this newspaper reported - and that will have a 27.7% more budget until reaching three million, will be the nativity scenes.

The Puerta de Alcalá , the Puerta de Toledo , the Puerta de San Vicente , the Viaduct of Segovia Street and the Plaza Mayor , where six will be installed in the entrance arches, will be the locations chosen by the Consistory to place the traditional births after the controversies lived during the Government of Manuela Carmena.

The return of the nativity scenes will not be the only novelty that the City Council of José Luis Martínez-Almeida will introduce this year. The fir trees will double compared to 2018, as ABC has advanced and confirmed THE WORLD. The five placed in the Plaza Mayor, Plaza San Juan de la Cruz , Fuencarral Street , Colón and Puerta del Sol will add those of Atocha , Plaza Castilla , Madrid Río , Opera , Paseo del Prado , Plaza de Oriente , Plaza of Cardinal Cisneros and Arturo Soria Street .

Although municipal sources affirm that the designs of the new lights will not be known until the day of lighting to "maintain the surprise effect", from the Consistory they do point out that there will be new "very striking" designs in the Plaza de Canalejas , the Carrera de San Jerónimo , Atocha Street, Mayor Street, Montera Street , Cibeles and Neptune squares and the Four Way Roundabout that will accompany the traditional chains, cherries and luminous arches that will be distributed throughout much of the capital.

Regarding the date of inauguration of the Christmas lights, from the Works Area they point out "that it is not closing according to other Town Halls" in reference to the controversy between the mayor of Vigo , Abel Caballero, and that of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.

In an informal conversation between both councilors last September, captured by La Sexta , Almeida and Caballero joked about the lights of the two cities they run. "You'll see, from Vigo you will see the lights of Madrid," said the Madrid councilor. A "challenge", in the words of Caballero, which did not take long to pick up the olive tree, which at a press conference said: "We will see, when the lights come on, we will make the comparison. But as Vigo's will be better, I invite to all of Madrid and all of Spain to come see them. " At the same time, he announced that they were advancing the ignition to November 23 and that only "in time" they won "by a win".

When asked about this matter, sources from the Works Area of ​​the Madrid City Council point out that they do not enter "in this type of question" and that the Christmas lighting will take place within the usual deadlines.

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