{"id":33877,"date":"2025-11-26T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.materawelcome.it\/?p=33877"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:30:50","slug":"matera-prepares-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.materawelcome.it\/en\/matera-prepares-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Matera prepares for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Friday, November 28, at 8:30 p.m., the eagerly awaited official lighting of the Christmas lights in the historic center and the large Christmas tree in Piazza Vittorio Veneto will take place, a symbolic and participatory moment that marks the start of the Christmas festivities in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The streets of the center will be decked out in lights, creating an evocative atmosphere for citizens, families, and visitors. The lighting of the tree in Piazza Vittorio Veneto will be the highlight of the event, a sign of closeness and good wishes from the municipal administration, which virtually kicks off the Christmas season with an event eagerly awaited by the community.The evening will be accompanied by the musical group \u201cPolifonica Totus Tuus,\u201d which will offer a musical performance dedicated to the Christmas tradition, helping to make the moment even more engaging and warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Administration invites all citizens to take part in the initiative in the spirit of conviviality that characterizes the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, November 28, at 8:30 p.m., the eagerly awaited official lighting of the Christmas lights in the historic center and the large Christmas tree in Piazza Vittorio Veneto will take place, a symbolic and participatory moment that marks the start of the Christmas festivities in the city. The streets of the center will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<script defer data-domain="materawelcome.it" src="https://plausible.diotimagroup.it/js/script.js"></script><style>
			
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