The government commission of Barcelona City Council has approved the calendar and operating hours of this year's Christmas lights. The festive decoration, which has already been installed in many streets of the city for days, will follow the same regime as last year and, therefore, the LEDs will be on for a maximum of 4 and a half hours from Sunday to Thursday and 7 hours and average on special nights, New Year's Eve and the eve of the Three Kings' holiday.
The inauguration of the Christmas lights will take place next November 23, Thursday, at 6:30 p.m. On this occasion, unlike previous years, in which a decentralized event was chosen, the lighting will take place in the heart of the city, on Passeig de Gràcia, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of this Barcelona commercial artery. .
From Sunday to Thursday, both included, the Christmas decorations will operate from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. On Fridays and Saturdays it will be extended by one hour, until 11 at night, while on December 31 and January 5 it will shine until 1 in the morning.
The confirmation of these schedules ends the confusion that occurred this week when a municipal commission approved an initiative from the municipal group of the Popular Party that urged the municipal government to extend the operation of the Christmas public lighting until midnight on ordinary days and until 2 in the morning on special days. The PSC, which alone governs the city, voted in favor of the PP proposal, which included other requests, such as installing a traditional nativity scene in Plaza Sant Jaume, but it already warned that it would apply the schedule that had just been agreed upon. with the merchant associations, which is ultimately approved in yesterday's session by the government commission.
In short, this year there will be no more lighting hours than the previous one. What's more, the agreement of the government commission conditions the calendar to "the possible limitations that are agreed upon for energy savings." And he adds that, "in the event that there are current regulations for the aforementioned limitation, the Christmas lighting will stop working at the time it is applicable"
