Some people enjoy buying garlands and lights that decorate trees, corners and even complete houses. And there are others who, like the workers of Parking del Dragolocated in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos, carry originality the traditional nativity scenes characteristic of these dates.
The idea begins to take shape in the underground from the month of March and is usually related to Canarian traditions and set in the town of Tenerife itself. This time, they have chosen to inspire their unique birth in the video game Flappy Dragondesigned by an icodense, which already accumulates more than a million downloads.
Medieval castles, pirate ships or dinosaurs are some of the characteristic elements of the application that are intermingled with the businesses and tourist attractions of the historic center of Icod de los Vinos, as well as the famous Millenary Dragon Tree, which flies over what appears to be a flock of pterosaurs.
The materials for the elaboration of the peculiar nativity scene, which has been surprising its visitors for about 8 years, are obtained thanks to donations from nearby establishments, which donate materials and elements necessary for its manufacture, such as boxes, paints or plastic tubes. of the printers. “Everything is recycled”, they point out from dragon car park.
The enclosure is also decorated with reindeer, Santa Claus, the Three Kings and a total of 20 nutcrackers of considerable size that attract attention as soon as you enter it. All this, accompanied by a large number of led lights that put the icing on the cake in an environment that, far from being gloomy and gloomy, is filled with color at Christmas.
Precisely, the car park is usually visited by numerous schools in the area. In fact, this week the students and teachers of the Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo school attended. Although those who are really amazed by the spectacle of lights and colors are the tourists who leave their vehicles in the parking lot to tour the northern municipality.
Access to the unique nativity scene and the rest of the ornaments in Parking del Drago it’s totally free and for weeks it fills its facilities with Christmas spirit.