When Melchor , Gaspar and Baltasar still had an hour to get into their float, Daniela, with her 4 years, was already asking about the Magi. "When do they come, daddy?" "There is still a lot," he replied, with the advantage of being older, his brother Juan. "They still haven't arrived in Madrid, man." The experience from 8 years. A conversation that could well be repeated in all the families that fill the Cercanías as if it were the Kids version of a Monday at 9 in the morning.

The train jam went into avalanche on the shoulder of Nuevos Ministerios where the only distinguishable were the portable stairs, an indispensable complement to these parts. "Man, you see everything up here," Alfredo hit one of them to check the material that Lucia and Jimena would climb on.

Even in full preparations, the early risers well glued to the security fences were already shrieking with the cartoons of Clan's carriage that a millennial are already far away except for some scattered luni . And, meanwhile, the parents taking their photos with the float of Real Madrid -the most football-players- and singing from side to side of the Castellana "Hello, north bottom. Hello, south bottom." Another generation ...

In that climate the horses have begun to march with their riders, angels on skates and giants up on their stilts. Moments in which the Magi have taken positions in their floats and has begun a Cavalcade that has run through the Castellana and the Paseo de Recoletos until their arrival in Cibeles , where Melchor has given his traditional speech, between cries and cries of the little ones fighting for candies with and without gluten.

At the height of Columbus, Ramiro and Lola with their well-prepared paper cones, they were already looking forward to the arrival of their Royal Highnesses. "Give us sweets," they asked the police on duty or agent of the Samur to be valued with little luck until the passage of the first floats.

Already in Cibeles, Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Deputy Mayor Begoña Villacís and Culture Delegate Andrea Levy waited in the front row for the arrival of the entire royal entourage and covered themselves as best they could with the rain of candy with which the Kings they entertained the children, who rolled on the ground. They even dared to act as a trio of magicians throwing candy to those present.

Among them, councilors of the Government team such as Immaculate Sanz, Silvia Saavedra or José Aniorte, and mayor of the opposition, such as the socialists Mercedes González and Pepu Hernández, or Vox spokesman Javier Ortega Smith, accompanied by their families. No sign of representatives of Más Madrid .

All playing and joking with other people's children in an exercise of normality and democratic cordiality far away from what has been seen these two days in the Congress of Deputies. The magic of the Kings .

And, there, a trio of camels loaded with baskets with gifts announced the arrival of Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar. It was the first of them who spoke to the children of Madrid. "Your light illuminates us, dear children . That is why you are so important and we return, every year, to help you fulfill your desires," he recalled from the Cibeles stage.

Melchior even had time to explain to the children that the future is in them. "Take care of it and also take care of your family and loved ones . And Respect your teachers, who teach you so patiently," he added. Moment when the little ones were more aware of their goodies than of speech. "Let me eat another daddy," one of them implored with the permission of his father.

Of course, as soon as his Majesty's mouth appeared "the long night distributing your gifts", the attention immediately returned to the stage. "It is time to resume the march and you must return to your homes to rest and enjoy your toys and surprises tomorrow, " Melchor concluded as people began to parade through Cibeles.

But before the Kings began their tour of Madrid homes they received a roscón from the municipal corporation and from the hands of Masterchef jurors Jordi Cruz and Pepe Rodríguez . One last attempt to get some extra gift

And with the brooch already put on a fireworks, David insisted pulling his mother's arm Rocío on the way to the Metro to return home waiting for a new bicycle. "Come on, mommy, let's sleep that this year I behaved very well . " There will leave then Baltasar, his king, that bike that will be the dolls, video games or stuffed animals of many others. Because they are already arriving, so everyone to sleep

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