- Title: CITYSHOTS: Chile sparkles for the holiday season
- Date: 10th December 2024
- Summary: SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 2, 2024) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OVER COCA-COLA HOLIDAY CARAVAN DECORATED WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS PASSING NEXT TO BICENTENARIO STADIUM VARIOUS OF SANTA CLAUS AND CHRISTMAS ELVES IMPERSONATORS WALKING ON RED CARPET, GREETING RESIDENTS VARIOUS OF SANTA CLAUS IMPERSONATOR GREETING ATTENDEES AT PARADE FROM DECORATED TRUCK (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF COCA-COLA HOLIDAY CARAVAN CROSSING CITY (NIGHT SHOT) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES PHOTOGRAPHING COCA-COLA HOLIDAY CARAVAN (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF COCA-COLA HOLIDAY CARAVAN CROSSING CITY (NIGHT SHOT) SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 9, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ORCHESTRA AND UNIVERSITY CHORUS PLAYING IN CONSTITUTION PLAZA IN FRONT OF CHRISTMAS TREE (NIGHT SHOT) COUNT DOWN TO TURN ON LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS TREE IN CONSTITUTION PLAZA / CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING (NIGHT SHOT) PEOPLE RECORDING TREE LIGHTING WITH THEIR PHONES VARIOUS OF NUTCRACKERS SURROUNDING TREE IN FRONT OF LA MONEDA GOVERNMENT PALACE (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF TREE SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 3, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF LIT CHRISTMAS TREE IN SHOPPING CENTER LIT CHRISTMAS TREE IN SHOPPING CENTER SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 5, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF LIT CHRISTMAS TREE IN SHOPPING CENTER DRONE SHOT OF TRAFFIC ON STREET, FACADE OF STORE DECORATED LIKE A GIFT BOX SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 6, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOUSES DECORATED WITH LIGHTS AND CHRISTMAS FIGURES SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 5, 2024) (REUTERS) TREES DECORATED WITH LIGHTS ON AVENUE SEEN FROM MOVING VEHICLE
- Embargoed: 24th December 2024 13:26
- Keywords: Christmas Santa Claus decorations holidays lights tree
- Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- City: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- Country: Chile
- Topics: South America / Central America,Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001552307122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Christmas light displays and a holiday caravan thrilled onlookers in Santiago as the festive season kicked into gear in the capital city.
On December 2 a caravan of decorated and illuminated Coca-Cola trucks drove through the streets of Santiago delighting attendees who crowded the sidewalks to see Santa Claus and his Christmas elves parade.
In one of the city's local shopping centres, shoppers were greeted by a multi-coloured giant Christmas tree.
After a concert, Santiago residents enjoyed watching the lighting of a monumental Christmas tree outside La Moneda government palace in Constitution Plaza on Monday (November 9).
Local residents also pulled out all the stops to impress with Christmas decorations on their homes, using hundreds of colourful bulbs and holiday-related figures on their facades.
According to the Santiago Regional Metropolitan government, the latest 2017 census indicated that the Santiago Metropolitan Region is home to over 7 million inhabitants.
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