{"id":6142,"date":"2012-12-20T09:23:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2012-12-20T09:23:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:23:44","slug":"christmas-lottery-and-the-children-of-san-ildefonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/christmas-lottery-and-the-children-of-san-ildefonso\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas lottery and the Children of San Ildefonso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If the world doesn\u2019t end in December 21st (as some people say), most of us will be listening to a very famous group of children very early on Saturday morning: the children of San Ildefonso.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Christmas traditions are full of delicious food and sweets such as nougat and mantecados (Christmas sweet made from flour, almonds and lard), champagne and cava, Christmas carols sung in family, but also the tender voice of these children singing out our luck in the form of lottery numbers. So it is not in December 24<sup>th<\/sup>, but in December 22<sup>nd<\/sup> that our Christmas period starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The School of San Ildefonso, the oldest primary school in Madrid, is devoted to children whose families can\u2019t afford their education. This lottery tradition started about two centuries ago, when a seven year-old boy from this institution drew and sang out the first prize. Twenty boys a long time ago, and boys and girls nowadays, with the best pronunciation and a good timbre, are chosen to take the lottery numbers from the lottery drum and read them. They will also be in the front page of magazines and newspapers telling us their anecdotes and experiences during the draw with the winner numbers in their hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of my dearest memories in relation to Christmas time is the image of my father listening to the radio, writing down all the numbers carefully, to give them to my mum, who used to call all the family to know if they had gotten any prize, or at least if they had good health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And who knows&#8230;\u00a0 maybe this year I have a lucky number this year!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"As\u00ed se preparan los ni\u00f1os de San Ildefonso para cantar el Gordo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvxhmyqPPn0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Si el mundo no termina el pr\u00f3ximo 21 de diciembre (como alguna gente cuenta), muchos de nosotros estaremos escuchando el s\u00e1bado por la ma\u00f1ana tempranito a un grupo de ni\u00f1os muy famosos: los ni\u00f1os de San Ildefonso.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Las tradiciones navide\u00f1as est\u00e1n llenas de comida deliciosa y dulces como el turr\u00f3n y los mantecados, el champ\u00e1n y el cava, los villancicos cantados en familia, pero tambi\u00e9n\u00a0 de la tierna voz de estos ni\u00f1os cantando nuestra suerte en forma de n\u00fameros de loter\u00eda. Por lo tanto, no es el 24 de diciembre que comienza nuestra \u00e9poca navide\u00f1a, sino el 22.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">El colegio de San Ildefonso, el colegio m\u00e1s antiguo de primaria en Madrid, est\u00e1 centrado en ni\u00f1os cuyas familias no pueden costear su educaci\u00f3n. Esta tradici\u00f3n de la loter\u00eda comenz\u00f3 hace aproximadamente dos siglos, cuando un chaval de esta instituci\u00f3n, con siete a\u00f1os, sac\u00f3 y cant\u00f3 el primer premio. Veinte ni\u00f1os hace tiempo, y chicos y chicas hoy d\u00eda, con la mejor pronunciaci\u00f3n y un buen timbre de voz, son elegidos para sacar los n\u00fameros del bombo, y leerlos. Tambi\u00e9n estar\u00e1n en las portadas de revistas y peri\u00f3dicos, cont\u00e1ndonos sus an\u00e9cdotas y experiencias durante el sorteo y con los n\u00fameros ganadores en la mano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Uno de mis recuerdos m\u00e1s entra\u00f1ables relacionados con la Navidad es la imagen de mi padre oyendo la radio, anotando cuidadosamente cada n\u00famero, para d\u00e1rselos a mi madre, quien sol\u00eda llamar a toda la familia para saber si les hab\u00eda tocado alg\u00fan premio, o al menos gozaban de buena salud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Y qui\u00e9n sabe, \u00a1quiz\u00e1 este a\u00f1o lleve un n\u00famero de la suerte!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spot Loter\u00eda Navidad 2012\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVHwMvbmUWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the world doesn\u2019t end in December 21st (as some people say), most of us will be listening to a very famous group of children very early on Saturday morning: the children of San Ildefonso. 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