The president Luis Abinader turned on tonight Christmas Village 2024he park of lights installed in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, which will be open to public from November 30 to January 6, 2025.
In Santiago it will begin on December 2 in the gardens of the Great Theater of Cibao. The schedule is every day, from six in the afternoon to ten at night.
For this year, the park will be decorated by the “Santa Claus Toy Factory”as part of the experience for thousands of children during the “Christmas breeze” period. Visitors will be able to enjoy foam show, puppet shows, a carousel and the Grinchthe typical green Christmas elf.
In addition to the thousands of lights placed in the part between the avenues February 27 with José Ortega y Gassetattendees will be able to see decorated fire trucks, an old police car, a tunnel of lights, booths of some institutions, among other novelties.
Abinader stated that this attraction has already become a classic and hoped that this park would be for unify families. “What is Christmas Villa be joy,” he said as he pressed the symbolic button to turn on the park.
“Villa Navidad is more than a recreational area, it is an experience that captures the excitement of these holidays”President of the Republic
The project is carried out in coordination with the Reserve Bank and the Mayor of the National District (ADN), whose respective owners, Samuel Pereyra and Carolina Mejía, wished the best for the Dominican people during the Christmas holidays.
Visitors
By 2022, the parks of Christmas Villa received more than 600 thousand people, while one year later1.5 million visitors attended, indicated the president.