The children of San Ildefonso

"Los niños de San Ildefonso"
Spanish A1 writing exercise

San Ildefonso's children bring Christmas magic with their angelic voices.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "Christmas Lottery", "iconic", "celebration", "melodic" and "to make".

Written by qualified Spanish expert Silvia Piriz BA
Last updated: 2023-12-05

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You’ll practise: Plural, Singular, Gender of nouns in Spanish: masculine

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The children of San Ildefonso are a children's choir from Madrid, famous for singing the Christmas Lottery numbers at the Teatro Real every year. This traditional event is an iconic part of Christmas celebrations in Spain. It happens on December 22. Children sing the numbers and prizes in a melodic song that makes the lottery special.

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