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Enjoy a full Christmas experience in Atlixco

This year, the villa will be inaugurated on November 23 at 20:00 hours

A 25-meter tall Christmas tree, reindeer moving and singing carols, a well-lit train passing through pebbled streets, and more than a thousand colored lights await you - Photo: File photo/EL UNIVERSAL
23/11/2018 |18:22Viridiana Ramírez |
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A 25-meter tall Christmas tree , reindeer moving and singing carols, a well-lit train passing through pebbled streets, and more than a thousand colored lights await you at the Villa Iluminada in the Magical Village of Atlixco, Puebla .

This year, the villa will be inaugurated on November 23 at 20:00 hours . Visitors will be able to take a walk from the main square all the way to the Revolución Park .

The tour will feature giant figures and small shoes with letters for the Three Wise Men , following the Mexican tradition. There will also be spheres and drums, as well as a train that will allow visitors to get better acquainted with the streets downtown.

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Furthermore, the villa will offer a food tasting pavilion and mechanical rides. There will also be a draft beer pavilion for adults.

At the Convention Center of Atlixco , the show Nikolaus will dazzle audiences by telling the legend of Santa Claus. There will also be a lit float parade, bubble houses, and a ginger cookie workshop.

Atlixco’s Villa Iluminada will be completely free of cost, though tickets for the Nikolaus show will come at a price of between MXN$110 and $165 .

Atlixco is only 25 kilometers away from the city of Puebla , in the slopes of the Popocatépetl volcano , surrounded by Franciscan convents and fields of mums and poinsettias .

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