Pego begins the month of December with a new edition of the 'Nit en Blanc', the prelude to the Christmas festivities, a day that will take place on December 2 and that is designed to encourage purchases in establishments in the municipality, and in in which the Pego City Council and the municipality's Merchants Association collaborate jointly. The peak of the day will be in the afternoon, but programming will begin in the morning.
From 9 o'clock you can visit the Casa de Cultura to see the spectacular, and already traditional, 'Christmas Table for six diners' made by the establishments of the Merchants Association and valued at around 600 euros. A table that does not lack detail to celebrate a Christmas dinner and that will be raffled in its entirety (on December 22) among the neighbors who participate in the raffle organized by the merchants. "This year this table will be located on the ground floor of the House of Culture from December 2", reports the mayor of Commerce and Economic Promotion Creama, Ricardo Sendra.
"The raffle tickets can be purchased, from today, in establishments that are part of the association and will cost 2 euros per ticket," explains Sendra.
The shops have returned to overturn, one more year, in this pre-Christmas campaign. A total of 18 establishments are taking part in the window decoration contest, "a jury will go through all the establishments to reward the most Christmassy ones", points out the person in charge of Commerce. There will be prizes for the three best, “a first with 300 euros, and 60 40-second commercials on Ràdio Pego; a second prize of 60 commercials of 20 seconds on Ràdio Pego and a third prize of 40 commercials of 20 seconds each”.
During the afternoon of December 2, the merchants will also entertain their customers with a small aperitif. The premises will have special hours, until 21:30 p.m. so that the neighbors can make their purchases. For this day, the circulation of vehicle traffic will also be cut off on Ramón y Cajal street, "because it is a street with many shops, in addition, the rest of the roads in the old town will also be closed due to the pedestrianization on weekends," he stresses. the aedile. According to Sendra, the Nit en Blanc "is a wonderful opportunity to encourage purchases in local businesses," he points out
Sendra, who points out the "consolidation of this initiative, since about twenty businesses are participating again, figures similar to those of last year."
Commerce is combined this day with culture. To liven up the day, there will be live music at the Casa de Cultura. In the same building it will be possible to visit the exhibition 'The universe of flavor', organized by the Carmencita Chair of Gastronomic Flavor Studies of the University of Alicante. And an exhibition by the artist and CEAM professor, Tere Ferrando, will be inaugurated at the Museu d'Art on Calle Hospital. Both sites will be open until 22:XNUMX p.m. "We want culture and commerce to go hand in hand on such a special day," says the mayor Laura Castellà.
News in the December program
In addition to the Nit en Blanc, the councilors have revealed the rest of the programming for the month of December. On December 8, the inauguration of the Nativity Scene exhibition of the Nativity Scene Association will take place, at the headquarters of the Central Board of Holy Week, on Hospital Street. On December 17, a music concert will be held by the Orfeó de Pego and the participation of the artists Pascual Andreu and Saray Garcia.
One of the novelties in the Christmas program for December will take place on the 23rd. Santa Claus will visit the municipality to receive letters from the boys and girls of Pego. He will do it in the Ecce Homo square, which will be decorated for the occasion and in which the youngest and youngest, and also the oldest, will be able to obtain a photographic souvenir with the 'photocall'.
Another novelty, this time the recovery of an event, that of the night of the end of the year. On December 31 there will be a celebration for the entire municipality. A tent will be installed in the Pla de la Font with a screen to be able to see and celebrate the chimes and live music, with performances by the Pegolino Blat group and a DJ.
The third novelty in the program will be the arrival of the royal pages, who will arrive in Pego on January 4 to collect all the letters from the children of the municipality. They will do it in a point of the municipality "with a magical atmosphere", in Calvari. It will be the prelude to one of the most anticipated moments for the little ones, the great procession of the Three Kings, on January 5. An event that returns to normal after several years affected by Covid. “It will return to its most traditional route, from Plaza Jaume I, to Plaza
from the Town Hall, and from there to Pla de la Font”.
energy saving
The high prices of the electricity bill do not go unnoticed at Christmas time either. Aware of this, the town hall has decided to schedule a different Christmas lighting, "thinking about energy savings", qualifies the mayor of Medi Ambient, Laura Castellà. Thus, the traditional lighting of lights will be on December 1, but unlike other years, only the streets of the old town will be illuminated. Subsequently, the different streets will be illuminated with Christmas motifs through which the royal parade will pass.
