The Christmas Lottery in Spain is as tradition

One of the main events of the Spanish Christmas is El Gordo ? the fat one ? the Christmas lottery which is drawn on December 22. The children from the San Idefonso college will sing the numbers, as they do each year, and for a few hours the country will come to a partial halt as people watch the television or listen to the radio as the numbers are called.

if you don?t buy a ticket you can?t win,