San Ildefonso
2011
Win More Than 3 Billion Euros
Lotteries have two hundreds of years of historical past in Spain. El Gordo is the typical name for the Spanish Christmas lottery. The English translation of the phrase is the fat one. The title reflects the large sum of money that can be won. The lottery itself is drawn each and every year simply before {Christmas}, on the 22nd December, it has the biggest prize of any lottery in the earth!
While Spain spends more per person~ on playing than anywhere else in the globe {it is} not because they are habitual gamblers but simply that the Chistmas lottery is a tradition in which the full nation partakes!
The Spanish Christmas Lottery is a national lottery game organized every year since 1812. The name Sorteo de Navidad was used for the first time in 1892. In 2006, if all of the tickets were sold, the total amount payout of prizes would be worth more than €2.142 billion.
Since December 18, 1812, the Christmas Lottery drawings have been held corresponding to exactly the same technique every single year. Students of the San Ildefonso school in the National Lottery Hall of Madrid draw the numbers and corresponding prizes and they sing the drawn numbers in a loud voice in front of the community. On the morning of the 22nd of December each and every year Spain pretty much comes to a halt and the regular noise and talking is replaced by the {sound} of children singing. The state-owned Televisión Española and Radio Nacional de España and other media broadcast the whole draw. The audience partaking the event are typically dressed up in lottery-related clothing and hats.
Little wooden balls are picked from two big golden cages. The bigger one includes all the probable numbers from 00001 – 85,000 from the draw, and the less the prizes they gain. So a number is picked, and then the prize that number wins. The two-vessels system was the conventional one in Spanish lottery, but at present is only employed in the Christmas special lottery. The rest of the weekly and extraordinary draws during the year use five vessels with ten balls each, from where the five figures of the winning number are drawn.
Read more interesting articles in our villas Spain blog.
San Ildefonso College birthplace of the Mexican muralismpart part 1/3
|
|
Castilla y Leon – SAN ILDEFONSO Mug $10.99 This is a brand new custom made coffee mug imprinted using the latest sublimation technology. This process embeds the image permanently and gives it a smooth surface with a crisp and vivid image. Design is imprinted on a standard 11 oz white mug and it is dishwasher safe…. |
|
|
Castilla y Leon – SAN ILDEFONSO Set of 4 Mini-Mousepad Coasters $8.99 Protect your furniture with this set of 4 mini-mousepad coasters. Each coaster is 3.5 x 3.5 inches (width & lenght). They are soft top made out of mousepad material (polyester surface, neoprene backing) and work well as coasters…. |
|
|
Philippines – SAN ILDEFONSO Mug $10.99 This is a brand new custom made coffee mug imprinted using the latest sublimation technology. This process embeds the image permanently and gives it a smooth surface with a crisp and vivid image. Design is imprinted on a standard 11 oz white mug and it is dishwasher safe…. |
|
|
Pueblo: Taos, San Ildefonso, Zuni, Hopi LP Taos Horse Stealing Song # Taos War Dance # Forty Nine Song # San Ildefonso Peace Dance # San Ildefonso Buffalo Dance # San Ildefonso Eagle Dance # Zuni Comanche Dance # Zuni Rain Dance # Zuni Lullaby # Hopi Long Haired Kachina Dance # Hopi Version of Dixie # Hopi Lullaby # Hopi Butterfly Dance… |
|
|
Maria Indian Pottery of San Ildefonso Maria Martinez,noted Indian pottery maker demonstrates the traditional Indian ways…. |
|
|
Maria ~ Indian Pottery Maker of San Ildefonso $24.65 * * * MARIA MARTINEZ, NOTED INDIAN POTTERY MAKER DEMONSTRATES THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN WAYS, BEGINNING WITH THE SPREADING OF SACRED CORN BEFORE CLAY IS GATHERED. ALSO SHOWN ARE THE MIXING OF CLAY, CONSTRUCTION OF POTTERY, HAND DECORATING AND BUILDING OF THE FIRING MOUND. THIS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FILM WAS A WINNER OF CINE GOLDEN EAGLE; CERTIFICATE OF CREATIVE EXCELLENCE, U.S. INDUSTRIAL FILM FESTIV… |
|
|
La Granja De San Ildefonso with Garden, Segovia, Spain – 24W x 16H – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $33.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l… |
|
|
Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Infanta Beatriz of Spain with English nurse from Mary Evans $29.99 Photo Puzzle, Infanta Beatriz of Spain with English nurse. The first photograph of the Infanta Beatriz of Spain, seen here with an English nurse in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, the Spanish royal familys summer residence near Segovia. . Chosen by Mary Evans. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzl… |
|
|
Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, District Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, North from Robert Harding $24.99 Photo Puzzle, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, District Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, North. Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, District Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, North America. Chosen by Robert Harding. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This … |
|
|
Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Serpent spirit of San Ildefonso Pueblo from North Wind Picture Archives $24.99 Photo Puzzle, Serpent spirit of San Ildefonso Pueblo. San Ildefonso Pueblo horned serpent of the underworld, Avan Yu, New Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. Chosen by North Wind Picture Archives. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at … |
Comment