Per D. Navidad y Año Nuevo by

Lucía

2013-12-18 13:45:37 UTC

In Puerto Rico, they don't get gifts from Santa, but from Los Reyes. On January 5, they cut shoe boxes, put grass in them, and put them under their parents bed, and during the night Los Reyes fill their boxes with sweets and gifts.

Javier

2013-12-18 13:47:09 UTC

In Colombia they don't get presents from Santa, they get them from baby Jesus

Who puts the presents near their bed

Catalina

2013-12-18 13:47:20 UTC

In Venezuela they had an early Christmas in November. They did this because they wanted happiness for all people.

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maurabatts — 2013-12-18 13:47:52 UTC

Jooosh

2013-12-18 13:47:55 UTC

In Spain for New Years they will carry around suitcases if they hope to go on a trip,meat 12 grapes each for a stroke of night for good luck, wear yellow and red, and they eat a tablespoon of Lentils

Señora

maurabatts — 2013-12-18 13:47:55 UTC

In Uruguay it's SUMMER so they are on the beach a lot for Christmas - they also eat a traditional dessert called "PAN DULCE"...ever heard of that before?! ;-)

Verónica

2013-12-18 13:48:44 UTC

In argentina on the 24th they will go to church they go to a familyGathering and at midnight the adults' will dance and the younger kids will Go outside to watch fireworks

Ana

2013-12-18 13:49:11 UTC

In Cuba they always roast a pig and spend the day before christmas cooking. The party will last all night and even into the morning.

Link about Christmas in Cuba:

http://www.reindeerland.org/christmas-traditions/christmas-traditions-in-cuba.htm

Esmeralda W

2013-12-18 13:49:56 UTC

In Ecuador, the Ecuadorians have a famous tradition called the burning of the año viejo dummies. Dummy' stuffing often contains firecrackers and, occasionally, Chinese rockets, which are set off

during the immolations.They did this in order to get rid of the old and bring in the new

Benjamín

2013-12-18 13:52:14 UTC

In Mexico x-mas season starts in early December & ends on January 6th, or Epiphany Day

Julia

2013-12-18 13:52:20 UTC

In Bolivia they get presents on January 6th from the the three kings.

Casandra

2013-12-18 13:53:10 UTC

In Chile they celebrate Christmas with Santa Claus

except his name is Viejo Pascuero, meaning old man christmas.

Some still call him Papa Noel. When houses don't have a chimney

He is known for climbing in from the window. Viejo Pascuero still comes

To the houses with his reindeer on his sleigh on Christmas Eve night. The

People have a big festival of foods on the eve including, the often dish

includes azuela de ave, a chicken soup filled with potatoes, onions and corn on the cob;

Also the people bake a big chicken if they are not having the soup, and pan de pasqua, a

Christmas bread filled with candies fruit. They still decorate and set up christmas trees but they put

scenes of Jesus, Mary

Javier

2013-12-18 13:53:10 UTC

In Colombia they have el día de la velitas or the day of. The candles on December 7th

Julia

2013-12-18 13:53:34 UTC

Gifts are given from employers to employees called canasta.

Blanca

2013-12-18 13:54:09 UTC

In Colombia parents buy gifts and ask children to help wrap up gifts and to deliver them at corner streets where less fortunate children may be begging.

Dylan

2013-12-18 13:54:33 UTC

Christmas has only been celebrated in Cuba for 3 years

Benjamín

2013-12-18 13:55:22 UTC

During the Xmas season there are parties called "las posadas", or a series of parties/processions, the last of which is Xmas eve.

Adela

2013-12-18 13:57:24 UTC

In Bolivia, the go to a church very late on Christmas Eve which sometimes lasts into

the morning. After they go to church families gather to have a big feast together.

Their meals feature picana which is a soup made of chicken, beef and corn.

camilo

2013-12-18 13:58:24 UTC

Camila Costa Rica

2013-12-18 13:59:14 UTC

In Costa Rica, Santa Claus doesn't bring them presents. The Baby Jesus does

camilo

2013-12-18 13:59:28 UTC

Benjamín

2013-12-18 14:00:06 UTC

There is one last Christmas-related holiday on February 2nd called Candlemas

John

2013-12-18 14:01:01 UTC

In the Dominican Republic La Navidad starts in October and ends in January. Christmas is a very important Holiday in the Dominican Republic because it is a time when lots of people come back to there hometown and celebrate with lots of yummy traditional foods that they have anticipated for the whole year.

Dylan

2013-12-18 14:01:55 UTC

Dylan

2013-12-18 14:02:26 UTC

Camila Spain

2013-12-18 14:02:38 UTC

In Spain, people go to a midnight mass

Dylan

2013-12-18 14:02:53 UTC

camilo

2013-12-18 14:03:00 UTC

Julia

2013-12-18 14:03:07 UTC

On Christmas morning in Bolivia people drink hot chocolate and eat pastries.

Dylan

2013-12-18 14:04:45 UTC

Dylan

2013-12-18 14:05:06 UTC

Dylan to mrs. Batts

2013-12-18 14:06:34 UTC

Blanca

2013-12-18 14:08:06 UTC

In Coombia they light candles

Leo

2013-12-19 13:48:10 UTC

In spain most people go to the midnight mass on Christmas day. A traditional spanish Christmas dinner is chicken stuffed with truffles. But in northern Spain the most common Christmas dinner is seafood. After the midnight mass and the Christmas dinner, people fill the streets and dance to the sound of guitars and castanets.