The Three Wise Men with their camels laden with countless gifts, the Smiling Angel, the Gates of Bethlehem, reindeer and a snowman in a top hat will light up the city of Madrid based on the imaginations of Madrid’s youngest residents, their children and their imaginations. … The girls and what they captured in their paintings. Mr. Martin (CEIP José Calvo Sotelo), Pablo (Our Lady of Good Counsel), Donat (Capitan Cortés), Claudia (Our Lady of Loreto), Lucía (Palo Melas), Ánbar (Madres Concepcionistas) and two third-graders with Down syndrome from the Maria Coredentra Special Needs School will see their drawings transformed into Christmas lights and lit up next Saturday. 22nd.
His paintings transformed into light can be enjoyed among the colored light bulbs in the Centro district, between the streets of La Salle, Gerona, Felipe III, Siete de Frio, Ciudad Rodrigo and Toledo. “I think it’s fun,” Martin explained a few months ago. It was already clear to him that he would go to see the lights with his family, just as Amber wanted to meet them in the Plaza Mayor. Donat chose a snowman to represent Christmas, “spending time and playing together.” Initially, there were six candidates, but Mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida made a proposal that included one chosen by María Coredentra, and all of them responded unanimously in the affirmative.
“This will probably be the most exciting Christmas light display to be held in Madrid this year,” the mayor predicted. In the summer, prizes were awarded in the second annual school painting contest for the design of Christmas lights, and this year the number of participants has doubled, with 48 education centers taking part.
Pictures drawn by 1st and 2nd graders will be turned into Christmas illuminations. “This initiative makes us particularly excited because it means our boys and girls, who are the stars of Christmas, can be part of the lights,” he explained.
Schools are responsible for selecting one proposal per center. From all the submissions, six winning entries were selected, including two by Mary Coredentra. The judges praised his originality in the depiction of Christmas-related characters and emotions in his paintings.
Once the winning proposals were selected, the engineering works and facilities team was responsible for converting the drawings, or portions of them, as faithfully as possible into the lighting elements that the city would unveil on its various streets next Christmas.
In addition to the six winning drawings, the city council awarded special awards to two drawings entered in a contest by third graders with Down syndrome at the Maria Coredentra Special Needs School. This proposal can also be seen on the streets of Madrid, showing that Madrid is an “open and welcoming city that everyone should enjoy equally”.
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