Festive fun in Spain
12
Dec
2008
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Britons hoping to plan a Christmas with a difference this year may be interested to know that there are a whole host of seasonal festivals taking place in Spain over the winter break.
According to Intrepid Travel, the festive season kicks off with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which highlights the beginning of the holiday for Spanish locals.
Visitors will be able to experience music and dancing and as the bells toll midnight groups gather together in the town centres to sing.
December 28th is known in Spain as the Day of the Innocent and is the country's equivalent of April Fool's day in the UK where people keenly play jokes on their friends and loved ones.
And rounding off the Christmas period, January 5th marks the Procession of the Three Kings and is a popular Hispanic tradition.
In Barcelona, crowds gather to welcome the arrival of the trio at the steps of the Moll de Fusta.
If this has given Britons a taste of Spanish Christmas, they may want to experience all of the celebrations first-hand so the cheap flights to Barcelona offered by budget airline Jet2.com may prove useful.
Meanwhile, The Etownian's Hope Salisbury has noted that Spanish kids leave their shoes out for Santa, rather than a stocking.
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