Songs alluding to Christmas already animate the streets of downtown Funchal

The songs alluding to the Christmas season already echo in the main streets of downtown Funchal, in what are the first tests of the festivities of this area in the Madeiran capital.

With the loudspeaker network distributed on the central axis between the Mercado dos Lavradores and Avenida Arriaga, the Christmas songs come every hour, in sync with the lightings that decorate the main streets, in a show of color and sound, as shown. you can see and hear it in the video.

The aim is to make the holiday season of Madeira more enjoyable for walking and promoting traditional commerce in a city that this year has more than one million lamps distributed by the Funchal amphitheater, according to figures from the Regional Government.

The public tenders for Christmas lights were held for two years, namely ‘Christmas and New Year 2018 and 2019’, with a total value of 2.3 million euros, but also includes Carnival parties.

In total there will be 1,194,224 lamps that will color the city.

The lights will be switched on next this Sunday 1st December.