Last year, I moved from New Jersey to Spain. As much as I love ... a night — but I considered it a Christmas gift to myself. I hoped to spend time in nature during my trip, but I wasn't ...

El Gordo, which is held annually on Dec. 22, is a key part of the Christmas season in Spain, offering one of the largest lottery prize pools in the world. Organized by the Spanish government ...

But unlike Santa Claus, El Gordo arrived three days before Christmas, before noon on Sunday. El Gordo is the first prize of Spain's hugely popular national Christmas lottery, which is said to be ...