Nearly thirty children from Pilar da Bretanha Basic Education School opened today the Christmas Tree of the Presidency of the Government during a gathering with the President of the Government and his family in the late afternoon.
At the entrance of Santana Palace in Ponta Delgada, the children attending Manuel António de Vasconcelos elementary school and kindergarten sang several traditional Christmas songs and offered Vasco Cordeiro a "Christmas House" built by them.
The President of the Government of the Azores also wished Happy Holidays to the children and offered them the game “À Descoberta dos Açores” (Discovering the Azores), as well as children's books entitled “Uma Floresta com História” (A Forest with History), "Ilha à Vista” (Island on Sight) and “A Lenda das Sete Cidades” (The Legend of Sete Cidades).
The gathering ended with the traditional group photograph taken by the Christmas Tree of the Presidency.