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The boys and girls will be able to contact the real mailmen by video call, from January 2 to 4, and deposit their letters in the mailboxes that will be placed throughout the municipality.
In addition, Santa Claus will visit, virtually, all schools to greet and talk with the students.
The mayor of Lorca, Diego Jos Mateos, together with the vice mayor and councilor for Tourism, Francisco Morales, and the councilors of Celebrations and Culture, Jos ngel Ponce and Mar a ngeles Mazuecos, have presented the special program of Christmas.
The mayor of Lorca has announced "the wide cultural and tourist programming so that, in a safe, responsible way and with the support of new technologies we can live Christmas with the illusion and magic of these days, especially for the little ones, and of course to promote the social and commercial fabric of our city, our neighborhoods and our districts ".
"The pandemic is not going to prevent Lorca, and especially our boys and girls, stop celebrating Christmas.
For this, the City Council of Lorca has been working since September on an ambitious program, taking care of each detail so that all our neighbors can enjoy it safely and responsibly ".
Diego Jos Mateos explained that "it is a program with more than fifty activities, perfectly adapted to health circumstances, and that places Lorca at the forefront and as an outstanding regional reference in the celebration.
N of these holidays.
A program that begins today, December 11, and that will run until next January 5.
" Mateos stressed that "among the great novelties for this Christmas is the 'Ilumina Lorca' program, a very special format with which we manage, on the one hand, to value our most emblematic monuments and, at the same time , offer a show of lights and sounds in the open air, maintaining social distance, on the facades of the Plaza de la Estrella, archaeological museum, Guevara Palace, Agrarian Chamber and Carmen Church for the afternoons from December 15 through 23 ".
"In addition, from the top of the church of San Pedro, a great Christmas star will shine that can be seen from anywhere in the city and also from the Lorca garden.
A star that represents the illusion of these days and the hope of prosperity and good wishes for Lorca and the world, and that can be seen from January 18 to 5 ".
The Mayor recalled that "we are facing a special Christmas that we have adapted to the anti-COVID regulations and with which, faithful to tradition, we have prepared, with great detail, both the installation of our Bel n Municipal Monumental, which will open to the public on December 13 at the Guevara Palace, as of course the visit of Santa Claus and the Three Kings and their royal postmen ".
"From next December 14, Santa Claus will visit, virtually, all the schools in our municipality, both in the city and in the districts, and where children can greet him, interact with him and convey your good wishes through this format that will allow you to visit every corner of our city.
An initiative that has been prepared by the Department of Education and has been welcomed with much success for the entire school community.
" Diego Jos Mateos has revealed one of the great unknowns, the arrival of Their Majesties the Three Wise Men from the East who "as mayor I have been able to contact Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar and they have confirmed that they will be in Lorca, like every year.
Yes, your visit will be special and of course adapted to the health circumstances.
" "To ensure that they can address all the boys and girls of the city, from the City Council of Lorca we will install, as of December 21, real mailboxes in all districts and in various parts of the city, created for the occasion.
In, where the little ones can deposit their letters, safely and responsibly and, in addition, from January 2 to 4, all children can contact, by video call, with the postmen real to transmit their requests to the Magi ".
For his part, the Deputy Mayor of Lorca and Councilor for Tourism, Francisco Morales, has indicated that the Tourism Council "has prepared a series of activities adapted to a time that is endearing and special.
We encourage everyone to participate.
in the activities of the Christmas program, to visit the Nativity scenes that are so carefully prepared, to buy gifts in our neighborhood stores and to taste Lorca's cuisine in bars and restaurants ".
"But Lorca has also wanted to prepare for visitors who can come to live these dates with us.
To make Christmas more fun, we want Lorca and visitors to enjoy our guided tours of the city and of course go up to our magnificent Castle or contemplate the Synagogue-Jewry of Lorca.
There will be virtual activities such as visits to the Jewish Quarter and Synagogue of Lorca, workshops on Christmas sweets such as gingerbread cookies and Rosc n de Reyes to learn how to do them from home or a charity route of the Lorca nativity scenes whose profits will be donated na the residences for the elderly in Lorca ".
Morales has indicated that "also the face-to-face activities have been adapted to Christmas.
So there will be dramatized family visits that will allow us to visit the Castle of Lorca with a character who will discover the secrets of Christmas; the visit Guided tour 'The Old Town of Lorca at Christmas' will be on December 13 and totally free, with limited capacity, so prior reservation is essential 48 hours before; and the theatrical visit 'The Secret of Christmas Irland s' on December 27, also free, "explained the Councilor for Tourism.
"These weeks you will be able to continue enjoying face-to-face activities with visits to the Visitors Center and the Castle of Lorca, such as Las Caballerizas restaurant, the open-air castle, the Alfonsina and Espol n Towers, the Archaeological Park and Synagogue and the large cistern.
There will also be guided tours such as 'Walking through Lorca' and those of the Virgen de las Huertas or San Patricio Monastery and its Three Plazas, and we will remember the leisure activities of 'Marco Topo' and 'Guiaventuras' through the monumental Lorca to continue enjoying Lorca ".
In addition, Francisco Morales has reported that "from December 21 to January 10, the exhibition 'Benjam n de Tudela' will be held, with photographs from 2006 by the Tudelano photographer Jes s lava that reflect the vision of the traveler Benjam n de Tudela on the Jewish quarters and countries that he visited between the years 1163 and 1174.
It will be in the Aljibe of the back of the castle of Lorca, from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
and Saturdays from 11 a.m.
to 6:30 p.m.
".
For his part, the Councilor for Celebrations, Jos ngel Ponce, has detailed that "during Christmas we will be able to enjoy a score of musicals, storytelling and children's plays that children, both from the city and from the pedan Those, they will be able to enjoy through just one click, bringing culture and fun to all homes thanks to new technologies, as it will be broadcast through the account of Lorca City Council Facebook ".
"We will enjoy the musicals' Canta la Navidad ',' La Estaci n de los Cuentos', El Mago Pedro Lucas, 'Magic Chou Klown' or 'El Patio de mi Casa', along with children's plays such as' El Hechizo del Drag n 'or' Periquillo Zapatiesta ', are some of the many shows prepared so that the little ones and their families can enjoy without leaving home, by Streaming ".
Ponce ha especificado que "en el plano musical, la Plaza de España ser? escenario adem?s de varios conciertos, teniendo la suerte de contar con una figura tan importante del flamenco, como Curro Piñana, que deleitar? al p?blico asistente con su espect?culo 'Navidad Flamenca', el viernes 18 de diciembre.
Todo ello, con aforo reducido y controlado y, por supuesto, cumpliendo todas las medidas de seguridad establecidas por las autoridades sanitarias para su celebraci?n".
"El s?bado 19, adem?s, contaremos con el espect?culo musical, para toda la familia, de la banda Swing Machine Orchestra.
Una propuesta ?nica, genuina y alocada con doce m?sicos y bailarines de diferentes procedencias -Cuba, Honduras, Argentina y España- para disfrutar al ritmo fren?tico de los años 30.
Conciertos que, adem?s, ser?n retransmitidos para que todas aquellas personas que debido al aforo reducido por la situaci?n de pandemia no puedan asistir de p?blico puedan disfrutarlo desde casa.
Y, tambi?n, esta misma plaza, acoger? los espect?culos de las escuelas de baile lorquinas de Mar?a Teresa Lazareno y Nuria Periago, los d?as 22 y 23 de diciembre, respectivamente".
Diego Jos? Mateos ha finalizado remarcando que "es evidente que este año, el Ayuntamiento de Lorca renuncia a los actos multitudinarios pues debemos cumplir con la obligaci?n de ser responsables y evitar cualquier tipo de aglomeraci?n social.
Por eso, hemos diseñado esta programaci?n, completamente segura y adaptada a las normas COVID, sin renunciar adem?s a dar vida y est?mulos a nuestra ciudad y a nuestras pedan?as, y por supuesto a nuestros comerciantes y hosteleros".
"Para ello, adem?s hemos programado varios espect?culos de animaci?n itinerantes, donde nuestros vecinos y vecinas, tanto de la ciudad como de las pedan?as, y preferentemente en las zonas m?s comerciales, se podr?n ir encontrado con animaci?n itinerante sin riesgo de que se produzcan aglomeraciones.
Sin ir m?s lejos, este mismo fin de semana, habr? animaci?n a modo de ligeros pasacalles en las zonas comerciales del centro de la ciudad, as? como de Avenida Europa, San Diego, San Jos? y La Viña.
Animaciones que, adem?s, tambi?n har?n acto de presencia en varias pedan?as del t?rmino municipal durante las pr?ximas semanas".
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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