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Monday, November 29, 2004 During the last couple of weeks, city crews here have been at work stringing holiday lights across streets and pedestrian ways, along with mounting wires for heavier decorations. A headline from this morning's El País: 'Two million Christmas lights already illuminate the streets of the capital' Seen this evening in Mundo Kebap (Kebab World), a Turkish food joint a couple of blocks from here: In the corner by the door, beneath a wall-mounted loudspeaker blaring Turkish pop tunes, crammed between a fire extinguisher and a cigarette machine, behind three up-ended beer kegs, atop a board laid across a couple more kegs someone put a big pretend Christmas present wrapped in blue paper with gold stars. On top of the present, behind a length of green garland, stands the single shakiest-looking cresh I've ever seen. (Empty, for now.) Behind the cresh stands an artificial Christmas tree, maybe 18" tall, sprinkled with ornaments and wrapped with strings of teeny lights which blink at a speed so supersonic that watching them would likely send your garden variety epileptic into one hellacious grand mal seizure. It's one of the strangest little Christmas tableaus I've ever seen. And also, somehow, one of the most hopeful. Christmas 2004. It's on the way. Better buckle up. Madrid, te quiero. rws 2:14 PM [+]
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