{"id":4122,"date":"2021-02-12T02:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/247travelguides.com\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2021-02-12T02:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:14:22","slug":"the-unmistakable-signs-of-people-enjoying-christmastime-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/?p=4122","title":{"rendered":"The unmistakable signs of people enjoying Christmastime in S~ao Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Klaus Jessen <\/p>\n

1. You can’t avoid Conjunto Nacional’s decorations.<\/h5>\n

We’re talking bells and yuletide balls built with colorful, recycled garbage. It started as an eco trend a few years ago and stuck. Standing on the corners of Augusta Street and Paulista Avenue, Conjunto Nacional is the unofficial meeting spot of central São Paulo. <\/p>\n

2. All shops windows have a “snow” theme and plenty of red velvet — never mind that it’s 95ºF over the streets.<\/h5>\n

White-sand beaches and arms doesn’t go that well with red-nosed reindeers and knit sweaters. For that reason, people seek to emulate what you think is really a US and European Christmas, ginger cookies included. Lots of people go as much as decorating a hearth with wool socks.<\/p>\n

3. The traffic around Parque do Ibirapuera is way unmanageable.<\/h5>\n

As citizens leave with the holidays, the city gets calm, almost surrealistically calm. Though not about the biggest and most-popular public green area, Parque do Ibirapuera. Untold numbers of people gather to discover the special show of lights reflected inside lake every night, causing major traffic jams.<\/p>\n

4. The streets are alive with revelers.<\/h5>\n

The Christmas lights on Estaiada Bridge, Paulista Avenue, and Rua Normandia are definitely the main attraction, and the wonderful are wandering smiling and taking selfies.<\/p>\n

5. Christmas choirs surround many of the metro and train stations.<\/h5>\n

Also, outdoors piano at Sé station plays Christmas songs. And that is likely to happen:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

6. A huge Santa using a bicycle greets bikers making use of the Faria Lima cycle lane ahead of Iguatemi Mall, the oldest in the city.<\/h5>\n

Not only there: while you\\’re watching Mayorship building there exists ANOTHER giant, biker Santa. In an year when a multitude of bike lanes were inaugurated, this is usually a refreshing sight. Do you imagine? Bikes in São Paulo? <\/p>\n

7. Magazines advise “Learn to get ready for summer by two on a daily basis!” while heavy (and tasty!) cuscuz and farofa recipes abound.<\/h5>\n

Alas, the biggest dilemma of females celebrating special occasions during the Southern Hemisphere: love all, but keep the “biquini body.” It’s an alternative: you either eat what’s available or endure a crazy workout regime to have fit. I tend to live in the first group.<\/p>\n

8. Panetonne is everywhere and to be found in every flavour imaginable. <\/h5>\n

From chocolate (chocotonne is definitely the Brazilian undertake the normal Italian Christmas bread-like cake) to torresmo (really).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo: Klaus Jessen 1. You can’t avoid Conjunto Nacional’s decorations. We’re talking bells and yuletide balls built with colorful, recycled garbage. It started as an eco trend a few years ago and stuck. Standing on the corners of Augusta Street and Paulista Avenue, Conjunto Nacional is the unofficial meeting spot of central São Paulo. 2. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-4122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-america","tag-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247travelguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}