Christmas Lights 2025: When to turn them on in Argentina and the deployment in Madrid. Although some locations got ahead, there is a specific week in which the most lightings are concentrated throughout the country. Vigo: The starting signal. Christmas lighting in Spain officially began on November 15 in the city of Vigo, with a massive event at the Puerta del Sol. This year, the lights will remain on until January 6. Murcia: For the first time, the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga will be the center of the simultaneous lighting of the entire city and its districts. The key week: from November 27 to 29. However, the week in which the most lights are turned on is the last week of November, coinciding with Black Friday. Thursday, November 27: León: It will hold a major event in Plaza de Santo Domingo, expanding the decoration to more areas of the capital. Salamanca: It will inaugurate 'Salamanca is Christmas' with a 23-meter tree in the Plaza Mayor and daily videomapping shows. Friday, November 28: Cáceres: It will turn on more than a million LED lights and will present as a novelty a 3D Nativity scene in the Plaza de Santa María. Seville: It will light up more than 280 streets and squares in its different districts. Málaga: It will premiere a new lighting design on the emblematic Calle Larios, titled 'Nativity of light', after three years of maintaining the same decoration. Murcia (Great Tree): Although the general lighting is earlier, the Great Tree will be inaugurated in the Plaza Circular with a renewed show on this day. This way, between Thursday 27 and Friday 28 November, the vast majority of Spanish capitals will be officially illuminated, marking the definitive start of the Christmas season on the peninsula. Mayor Abel Caballero turned on the giant 45-meter tree, starting a deployment of almost 12 million LED lights installed on 460 streets. Alicante and Valencia join this Friday. The next on the list are Alicante and Valencia, which will light up their streets this Friday, November 21. Alicante: It will turn on 2.6 million LED lights in 130 locations, with giant decorations in the shape of gifts and Christmas balls. Valencia: It will kick off the season with the show 'La llum encén el Nadal' and will offer pyromusical shows every Saturday in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Saturday, November 22: Madrid, Barcelona and Murcia. The weekend will continue with massive lightings in three major capitals: Madrid: It will inaugurate its lighting in the Plaza de Cibeles with 13 million bulbs distributed in the 21 districts, including 13 large luminous fir trees. Barcelona: Paseo de Gràcia will once again be the main stage.
