The Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos was a low-key affair with only one float but, even so, it wasn't able to start until the local police and the civil protection officer had both arrived to escort it through the village!  The local children seemed to have a great time scrambling for the sweets.
Traditionally 6th January, Epiphany, was as important a celebration here as Christmas, and it was the day that children were given their Christmas presents because the Wise Men brought gifts for the Christ Child, but today I think most children have their presents on Christmas Day judging from all the new bicycles we saw about on 26th December!.