The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has officially opened its Christmas holidays. The streets of Caracas dressed up with lights and joy. Christmas holidays have already begun in Venezuela and families start to enjoy the atmosphere of festivities in public areas full of lights and music. Our correspondent Osvaldo Zayas with the details.
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00:00Christmas holidays have begun already in Venezuela and families start to enjoy the atmosphere of festivities in public areas full of light and music.
00:09Our correspondent Osvaldo Saez with the details.
00:14The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela officially opened the Christmas holidays. Hence, the streets of Caracas were full in lights and joy.
00:23Christmas is starting early. There are little children who want it to come quickly. When they see the little lights they say come on, let's go to Paseo de los Prosers. They see the little lights and they get happy, the child Jesus is coming.
00:39At the Paseo de los Prosers in Caracas, families took advantage of the first Christmas day to take pictures and celebrate the spark that characterizes them, as they themselves say.
00:53Well, Venezuelans always have an additional spark, so perhaps that's why they started earlier. Or we started earlier.
01:05For the Venezuelan families, the early Christmas season represents a welcome event, which had been announced by President Nicolas Maduro in September.
01:15Well I didn't expect this. I expected this for November, but the president brought it forward, everybody was thrilled, even the children. For me it's the best thing, to enjoy these moments here with them, and for them, it is the best, they are happier than we are.
01:33It's all good, nice, the lights, all very nice, I like it, they are blue, and blue is my favorite color, everything is fine.
01:44The Christmas holidays bring lights and joy, and a greater economic dynamic that can be seen in the streets, according to the merchants themselves, who welcomed the celebration.
01:54I think it is excellent that it starts now in October. It would be three wonderful months. You can already see the decorations. This brings a lot of customers. The Christmas spirit brings a lot of customers. When Christmas starts, the excitement is good. People get excited about shopping. People get excited about going out with their families.
02:20In some areas of the Venezuelan capital, the people enjoyed taking pictures, walking around and taking advantage of public spaces, in the neighborhood of Petar people enjoyed live music.
02:33We are very happy, very happy with this. It's beautiful here in Petar.
02:51According to the people on the streets, the Christmas holidays, always valued by Venezuelan families, have only just begun.