Overview
- Valladolid hosts a Cartero Real stand in Plaza Mayor through January 5, operating 12:00–14:00 and 18:00–21:00 with morning-only hours on December 31 and January 5 and closure on January 1.
- Children at the Valladolid stand can purchase an on-the-spot photo on an El Norte de Castilla front page for €1, with backing from the city’s cultural foundation and sponsors including Coca-Cola, Alimerka and Mediamarkt.
- Villabrágima completed door-to-door letter collection on December 27 with the Cartero Real riding in a calesa, escorted by local caballistas and pages who shared sweets with children.
- Gijón neighborhoods such as El Llano and Somió received the Príncipe Aliatar on December 26, using prior parental forms to personalize greetings as letters were gathered for the Reyes Magos.
- Avilés’s Carbayedo schedules its Cartero Real parade for January 2 at 18:00 from the Factoría Cultural, marking the third year of the event, while Torrent prepares a January 2–4 Campamento Real with haimas, workshops, a themed market and tourist-train service.