Christmas like a local. PART 4: TV classics.

Christmas is of course also present on TV. There are a few TV classics that any Barcelona person associates with Christmas here are some of them that you shouldn't miss (in no special order):

FREIXENET CAVA SPOT
Every year this popular Cava brand presents a TV spot with international celebrities such as Pierce Brosnan, Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese...
This year they have asked the olympic medal winner Spanish synchronized swimming team to create a special choreography for them. You must check it out... so spectacular!



SPANISH LOTERY SPOT AND DRAW
The Spanish Lotery also prepares a special TV spot for Christmas, that evokes the magic and good feelings of this time of the year. Their musics are usually cool too (and it seems this year they made rich a poor NYC author that was about to loose his appartment and had his song on the internet!).



Yes, the Spanish Lotery Christmas Draw is something so big here! Everyone has tickets and hopes to get the "gordo" price, the big one. The draw is actually going on right now and it is shown on TV. The Niños de San Ildefonso, school kids, read the numbers and sing them in a special tone, creating a lot of expectation. But everyone agrees that it sounded better when they said "pesetas" instead of "euros"...



THE KING'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Well, I'm not sure many people do watch it, because it is actually pretty boring... But it's every year on TV on Christmas eve: the King of Spain Juan Carlos wishes the Spanish people happy holidays and sends his message of peace to the country.
An example here:



NADAL A TRÈS BANDES (Three cushion Christmas)
TV3, the Catalan TV, offers a great creative billiard Christmas show every Dec 25th in the evening. It's so fun to watch, as they mix the spectacular caroms with dance shows and invite local celebrities to try their own fun carom as well. Watch that video:



So that's some of the Christmas TV classics! Hope you enjoyed the videos!