Spain, El Gordo and Christmas

Spain's 'fat' lottery delivers hefty $2.8 billion prize in centuries-old Christmas tradition
Spain’s 200-year-old holiday lottery "The Fat One" delivered a hefty prize again this year, with over $2.8 billion in prizes warbled out by school children and watched live around the world.
‘El Gordo’ lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion
Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or “The Fat One” for weeks. That's the name of the first prize in Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery.
Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery hands out billions in record sum
Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery distributed a record more than €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) on Sunday, with the lucky winners holding tickets with the number 72,480 in Logroño in La Rioja in northern Spain.
'The Fat One' Christmas lottery brings excitement and riches to Spain
The people of Spain were glued to their screens for the annual Christmas lottery draw, which was broadcast from the Royal Opera House in Madrid. “El Gordo” or "The Fat One" is said to be the world’s largest lottery based on the total prize money.
Spain's Christmas lottery spreads cash and seasonal joy to winners
Players with winning tickets in Spain's huge Christmas lottery draw on Sunday celebrated with sparkling wine, cheers and hugs in a 200-year-old tradition that marks the beginning of the Christmas season.
Spain’s ‘Fat One’ Christmas lottery spreads winning prizes across nation
For weeks, Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One", the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery.
Lottery winners celebrate 'The Fat One' jackpot in Spain
Winners of Spain's traditional Christmas lottery celebrate with cheers and hugs:: December 22, 2024:: Madrid, SpainThe top prize, known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One), was won by ticket buyers in the northern city of Logrono,
Spain’s monarch pays tribute to the victims of Valencia floods in his Christmas Eve speech
Spanish King Felipe VI has used his traditional Christmas Eve speech to remember the victims of the catastrophic Valencia ...
Christmas weather warning as Spain hit by severe Saharan dust
Parts of Spain are likely to be hit by a Saharan dust with the sky turning hazy, experts have warned. According to ...
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Spain’s unique Christmas traditions: Defecating figurines, a day of pranks and a grape-eating frenzy
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What’s open and what’s closed over Christmas in Spain?
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Bea Alonzo spends Christmas in Spain
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This is what a traditional Christmas dinner looks like in Spain – and it’s very different to the UK
THE time-honoured tradition of a Spanish Christmas dinner sees families preparing to serve up feasts featuring some of the ...
The barnacle, Spaniards' favourite Christmas dish, imperilled by climate change
On the craggy rocks on northwestern Spain's treacherous Costa da Morte (Death Coast), wetsuit-clad fishermen dodge crashing ...