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MERRY CHRISTMAS SPAIN !
FELIZ NAVIDAD !
JOYEUX NOEL !
from French penpals and friends

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24th December                            MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE            FROM SPAIN

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24th December                            MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE            FROM SPAIN

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We want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of our hearts!

We have made this video with a little bit of our celebration at our School.

ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS TIME!
JOYEUX NOËL

6th grade pupils and teachers from CEIP Ciudad de Nara in Toledo

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New video by Maria de la Puebla Martín Gómez

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For the traditional Christmas meal in France, we eat a stuffed turkey.
With the turkey, we eat chestnuts.
it's the main dish.
Turkey is delicious.
ROMY-NOLAN-NAOMIE

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Although some Spanish families are visited by Santa Claus, on Christmas Day, the main day for gift-giving is January 6 th (Three wise men day). In the 5th January evening, before they begin to share gifts, there’s a parade by the each town or city streets. People go to see the parade, after this, a family dinner takes place and  a very typical sweet dessert is : “Roscón de Reyes” The three wise men come with their big and strong camels and leave gifts for the good and nice children of the country, while the children leave water and carrots for the camels and cookies with milk for the wise men. Before they go to bed, each child leaves one shoe under the Christmas tree. They leave their gifts next to each child’s shoe once the children have gone to sleep. SANDRA, FRANCISCO y GALA

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For Christmas, we put a little nativity scene under the tree or in the home.
It is often a barn with characters and animals.
There is a sheep and the Mage kings.
LORNA, MAELYS, SELENA

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, FRIENDS!
Yesterday began our last week before Christmas break.
This week we have different activities about Christmas.
Our first one was a show in which we sing and dance. Our families were there, at the theatre.
This year we dedicated our performance to you: our French penpal friends.

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New video by Maria de la Puebla Martín Gómez

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We are in  Christmas Holidays !
And Friday afternoon at the end time of school, we song for the parents the 4 sings we love. We all wore Christmas sweater and funny cap. Teacher Céline and all students

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Christmas Songs and Carols - Love to Sing

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas with Lyrics | Christmas Carol & Song

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Winter, specially on Christmas, is the season in which We love most  to have a hot chocolate with “churros”.

“Churros” is a typical Spanish meal that consists in dough fried in olive oil. The recipe is very easy: Water and flour and a pinch of salt.

“Porras” is the same dough but is bigger and thicker.

You can have them with toppings: sugar or chocolate or without any topping. There are churros filled with cream or chocolate, too.
Victor.

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In France, It's the Père Noël who distributes the gifts. He passes by the chimney to give the gifts on the Christmas Eve at midnight.
He is dressed in red and white coat and has a white beard and black boots. He has basket full of gifts. And he drives an open-sleigh.
EMMA, ENZO and ELOISE

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12 GRAPES

The Twelve Grapes, or "the twelve grapes of luck" is a Spanish tradition that consists of eating a grape with each of the twelve clock bell strikes at midnight of December 31st to welcome the New Year. Each grape and clock bell strike represents each of the coming twelve months. LUCIA

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For the Christmas meal as a starter we eat oysters and snail.
Oysters are good with a little lemon.
Snailes are eaten hot.
yuck yuck or yum yum?
MATHYS TEO LOUIS

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The San Silvestre is an annual road race held on 31st December in every village, town or city.
Some runners are in disguise or make jokes. Julia

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Under  the  tree  we  make  a  small  miniature
villlage .This small  village is made up of houses and a Christmas market .There is also a light train playing music.
ENZO CARL KEYANA

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Day of the Holy Innocents (SANTOS INOCENTES)

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This is one of the most popular and entertaining Christmas traditions in Spain. December 28th is the day when everyone is allowed to play practical jokes and when it is customary to buy prank items at Christmas markets like the one in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid.
One of the most widespread jokes on this day is to stick a figure cut out of white paper on someone's back (without them realising). The word in Spanish for this practical joke is an "inocentada". And, in the numerous Christmas markets (usually located in the large squares in the cities) you can find a whole range of joke articles (wigs, itching powder, false ink…).

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Merry Christmas Penpals ! 11th December from FRANCE

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Merry Christmas Penpals ! 11th December from FRANCE

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We song for you with our best Christmas clothes !

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MARZIPAN RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
100 GR. Ground almond
100 gr. Caster sugar
1 egg
PROCEDURE
Mix almond with sugar.
Work the dough with your hands
Brush the figurines with beaten egg
Preheat the oven 180 degrees
Bake for two or three minutes

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New video by Maria de la Puebla Martín Gómez

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Before Christmas we decorate the village and the houses with light garlands.
In  the evening the light garlandes are very pretty to look at .
There are snow flakes,snowmen,and shooting stars.
CLARA, ELSA, LOUIS

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Aguinaldo is the action to gift something to someone for Christmas, usually from the boss to the workers.

Aguinaldo tradition is, also, a group of children who goes singing carols walking down the streets or houses, and asking “Aguinaldo” (sweets or coins), on 24th December. (Sometimes it’s for Charity).

There is a carol whose lyric says: “The old woman is coming with the Aguinaldo,” SANDRA

Aguinaldo, also, is a Christmas carol that is sung for Christmas and for which donations are rewarded. INES

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On Christmas Eve we eat foie gras .
The foie gras is eaten with gingerbread.
It s really delicious !
LENA, ELIOTT, CORENTIN

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TAMBOURINES AND ZAMBOMBAS AND ANISE BOTTLES

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We sing carols with tambourines and zambombas; sometimes we can use anise bottles too.

Tambourine is the diminutive of pandera. It is a musical instrument also known as tambourine. By tapping on the tambourine with one hand or fingers,the sound is produced. LUCIA

When I listen in the street these specials instruments I know Christmas is here. Nora

Zambomba is a friction drum musical instrument made with a clay base (similar a pot) and a leather at the top. It has a stick inserted in the middle. The hand must be wet and is moved up and down creating the rhythm.

On Christmas I go with my family and I hear people playing “zambombas”. Emma

Anise bottles are played with a spoon that scratches the glass of the bottle, making a beautiful rhythm.

Tambourines, zambombas and anise bottles were very popular instruments because they were cheap and easy to play for anybody. JUANMA

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In the home, to at Christmas we put a pine tree . The tree is decorated  of garland  and balls golDen, white,green, silver and red. At the top of the tree, we put a star and below we put  gifts by Santa Claus. JULES JULIA TOM

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BELENES OR
CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENES.
Belenes are Christmas nativity scenes where it is represented the birth of Jesus.

The nativity scene appears in the windows of houses around the town whilst larger versions commissioned by the town hall take over large spaces across the municipality and houses. Each house has at least one.  The tradition is to decorate the house and to make them on 8th December holidays.

They are done with different materials:  clay, porcelain, paper, cardboard ...whatever.

At school we made one with candies, different candies as you can see in the picture above, using toys for the characters.

There are a lot of characters who represent Jesus birth as Holy Bible says: Shepherds with his sheep, farmers with hens, cows...washerwomen, baker, and of course Mary the virgin, Saint Joseph and Jesus the baby, angels and the three wise men. There are houses, farms, and the Herod castle.

They can be very simple or very sophisticated with lights and music, smoke from the fires,  boiling  pots, a river with a water stream...

There are different competitions:  shop windows, schools, backyards, churches...

We enjoy preparing them a lot and decorating school and houses for Christmas.

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In our CLASS, we like to sing Christmas songs all together !

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Christmas Songs and Carols - Love to Sing

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On Christmas time one of our most popular dessert is Marzipan. Turrón is another one. Both are sweet and their origin date back to Muslim and Jewish Culture.

Marzipan is made up with almonds and sugar .

Every family, on Christmas Eve prepares a  “Traditional Christmas tray”. This tray is full of marzipan, “turrones” or nougats of different flavours, chocolates bites, “polvorones” or shortbread, "marquesitas" (similar to shortbread but made with almonds instead of butter) candied fruit, and sugared almonds.

This Christmas  tray stays prepared during the week till New Year's Eve. It will stay in a room where all the family could enjoy it. Then, on New Year's Eve,  another one is prepared.

Another Toledo typical dessert for Christmas is "Almond milk". It's made of Marzipan, milk and bread.

We love these sweet desserts!
Yummy! Yummy

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OUR CHRISTMAS LOG
For the  traditional  Christmas dessert in France it is the Christmas log.
On our Christmas log , we put small plastic figurines like a tree and small sugar mushrooms to decorate it.
Our log is an ice cream or a cake it can be chocolate,vanilla or fruit.
We ADORE it's DELICIOUS !

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Welcome to our CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR FROM SPAIN and FROM FRANCE  with FRIENDSHIP and CURIOSITY

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Welcome to our CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR FROM SPAIN and FROM FRANCE  with FRIENDSHIP and CURIOSITY