{"id":467,"date":"2014-12-23T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/?p=467"},"modified":"2014-12-23T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:33:27","slug":"christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/christmas-market\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at a market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every December, the <strong>Christmas market in the Plaza Mayo<\/strong>r, is a place which is worth visiting. It is full of stalls where you can buy <strong>all kinds of Christmas decorations<\/strong> such as decorative motifs for the nativity scene, Christmas stars, Christmas trees and countless decorations related to Christmas. This <strong>traditional market<\/strong> is held every year in the <strong>centre of Madrid<\/strong>. It is also a meeting point for friends and relatives where they not only see each other but also enjoy looking at the stalls. Many people who do not live in Madrid, come here specifically to feel and breathe this special Christmas atmosphere. The history of this market is very old. Would you like to know more about it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-011.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas market\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-011.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-011-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM LIVE ANIMALS TO CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Madrid, there are <strong>several Christmas markets<\/strong>, but without any doubt, the one in the <strong>Plaza Mayor<\/strong> is<strong> the largest and the most emblematic<\/strong> of all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-021.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas market\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-021.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-021-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1940, the tradition of creating a Christmas market in the Plaza Mayor, started for the first time. At that time, there were only a few dozen stalls and <strong>they <\/strong><strong>sold live turkeys and chickens<\/strong> brought from the nearby villages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-031.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas market\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-031.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-031-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The people that went there, were looking for something special to cook for Christmas. What we have now, is very different.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-041.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas market\" width=\"650\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-041.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.estateone.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mercado-041-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CLASSICAL FILM TO REMEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The film, <strong>&#8220;La Gran Familia&#8221;<\/strong> (1962), has become a classic as <strong>many scenes are<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> shot in the Christmas market<\/strong> at the Plaza Mayor. The directors were Fernando Palacios and Rafael J. Salva. There is a very moving scene when <strong>the famous actor, Pepe Isbert, loses his granson, Chencho,<\/strong> in the crowded market place. You can feel the anguish very deeply. The exact scene is shown in this video, it is worth watching because it also enables us to <strong>see how much the market has changed<\/strong> since then:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iframewidth=650height=315src=\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fMLxv_psgt4frameborder=0allowfullscreen\/iframe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fMLxv_psgt4\" width=\"650\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-463\" class=\"entry post publish author-wpluzti post-463 format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-el-articulo-de-estate-one post_tag-adornos post_tag-chencho post_tag-madrid post_tag-mayor post_tag-mercado post_tag-navidad post_tag-plaza\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Picture 01: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tnarik\/\">Tnarik Innael<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture\u00a003:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alotor\/\">Alonso Javier Torres<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture\u00a004:<\/strong> Javier Vidal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every December, the Christmas market in the Plaza Mayor, is a place which is worth visiting. 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