“Badalona inspires…”, this Christmas slogan
It's already Christmas in Badalona... Experience it... Let yourself be swept away by the magic of the most Christmassy city. In Badalona, we can do our shopping amidst songs and colorful lights and admire the tallest Christmas tree in Spain, a tree that encourages local businesses. But the magic doesn't stop there, because this year there's another surprise that will delight young and old alike: Mayor García Albiol's living nativity scene.
Thanks to the expulsion of that whole horde of squatters who were eking out a living in a stable, now, in Badalona, we have the most authentic Christmas representation. It's a living nativity scene with touches reality showYes, yes, friends. They're not actors. They're real people!
There's a new mother, with her baby on her shoulders, who, being dark-skinned, adds a very contemporary touch of authenticity. There's no cow or ox, true, but there are a few dogs sniffing gas and a butane heater that some Badalona resident has brought as an offering. There are no shepherds, but there are scrap metal collectors with their shopping cart. The laundress isn't needed. Nor is the caganer, because, as everyone knows, you don't always get a bowel movement in bars if you don't buy anything. The Nativity scene couldn't be more realistic, because the bonfire, unlike other living nativity scenes made of papier-mâché, is real, in a rusty drum.
Take the children to visit the camp, to walk among the dispossessed. This is the miracle of Christmas. In Badalona, things haven't changed. Make sure they're well wrapped up, okay? That way they'll appreciate what they have, and you can tell them, "If you don't study by project, you'll end up like these!" And of course, the famous Christmas carol adaptation will play over the PA system: "In the village of La Peña, Mohamed was born, knot, knot, who is the son of a Moorish mother and is half-dead from the cold, and is half-dead from the cold." Enjoy the living nativity scene in Badalona. Because, as the slogan says, "Badalona moves you."