Being as we are in the first half of October, it seems anachronistic -even for Mariah Carey herself- to start talking about the Christmas lights of 2024 when the only thing (or almost the only thing) that can begin to refer us to that time of year is the drop in temperatures. However, the reality is that, as some of you may have noticed, the installation of this year’s Christmas lights is already underway.
Ximénez Iluminaciones, the company in charge of the installation, has been working on it since last August 2, according to statements made by one of its technicians to Telemadrid. That is why it is possible that scenes like this one, captured by the Vida de Madrid account, have already been caught.
At the moment there is no official switch-on date for this year, although it usually takes place at the end of November: last year, for example, it took place on the 23rd. However, some details have already transcended about how the lighting of Christmas 2024-2025 in Madrid will be.
What will the 2024 Christmas lights in Madrid look like?
According to the Madrid City Council, the lighting will return to more than 230 sites in the 21 districts of the capital and “will continue to be totally respectful of environmental sustainability” thanks to the use of LED bulbs.
On the other hand, the Consistory points out that the lighting “will bring many new features”. Among them, for example, that some of the designs that we will see illuminating the streets of the capital will be designed by children of first and second grade who entered the school contest organized by the City Council.
As usual, we will also see proposals from renowned designers and specialists. In total, the streets will be decorated with 7,100 chains, 121 cherry trees and a dozen large luminous fir trees, “in addition to other Christmas motifs” that we will discover as the holiday approaches.