Spanish views from a small town

This afternoon, shortly after lunch, there is a saint's procession in town. The entire town. It's motorized. The church isn't trying to force religion upon us with that, it's simply that the saint being honored is the patron saint of travellers, and by extension, of drivers. This midday there'll be a Mass and then the priest will come out and sprinkle holy water on all the cars participating, blessing them. Then the cavalcade will set out all over the township, with Saint Christopher in the lead. The Church took Saint Christopher off the liturgical calendar in 1970 because his veneration only dates from around five hundred years ago, not from Roman times, which is when he was supposed to have lived and been martyred. Despite that he is still venerated locally in different parishes throughout the world. And drivers are loath to stop believing in him. In fact, many cars and trucks have little statues or medals of Saint Christopher on the dashboard. Our car is second...