LA NAVIDAD HISPANA INTRODUCCIN The main difference between
LA NAVIDAD HISPANA
INTRODUCCIÓN The main difference between a Hispanic Christmas and the Anglo Saxon version is the importance of the 6 th of January. This is when presents are given to children. Schools have a recess from December 22 nd to January 7 th. Families eat together on Christmas Eve. The Christmas season doesn’t build up until later.
DÍAS FESTIVOS Nochebuena Christmas Eve El día de navidad Christmas Day Nochevieja New Year’s Eve Año Nuevo New Year El día de año nuevo New Year's Day Las vacaciones de Navidad the Christmas holidays La noche de Reyes January 5 th El día de Reyes January 6 th El día de los Santos Inocentes December 28 th (similar to April Fool's Day)
Vocabulario navideño Regalo de Navidad Christmas present Adornos de Navidad Christmas decorations El ramo de Navidad Christmas wreath El muérdago Mistletoe La flor de Navidad Poinsettia La tarjeta de Navidad Christmas card El árbol de Navidad Christmas tree La misa del gallo Midnight Mass El villancico Christmas carol Los Reyes Magos: Baltasar, Gaspar, Melchor The Three Kings/Wise Men: Balthasar, Gaspar, Melchior ¡Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas ¡Felices fiestas! Season's greetings! ¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Merry Christmas and a Prosperous / Happy New Year! EL belén (Belén = Bethlehem) Nativity scene Papá Noel Santa Claus
COMIDA Mantecados y polvorones Traditional Christmas sweets made mainly from lard and almonds. They are dry and powdery. La rosca de Reyes / el roscón de Reyes A large, round bun baked for January 6 th with candied fruits and things hidden (coins, etc. ) inside. El turrón A typical Spanish sweet eaten at Christmas made with ground almonds El mazapán Marzipan La cesta de Navidad Christmas gift basket
Polvorón Turrón (duro) Turrón (blando)
EVENTS: LAS POSADAS A nine-day celebration celebrated chiefly in Mexico, Guatemala and parts of the Southwestern United States, beginning December 16 th and ending December 24 th. Posada means “lodging” or “accommodation. ” The nine day novena represents the nine months of pregnancy. It may have been started in the 16 th century by early friars who combined Spanish Catholicism with the December Aztec celebration of the birth of Huitzilopochtli.
Typically, each family in a neighborhood will schedule a night for the posada to be held at their home. Every home has a nativity scene and the hosts of the posada act as the innkeepers. The neighborhood children and adults are the pilgrims (los peregrinos), who have to request lodging by going house to house singing a traditional song about the pilgrims. All the pilgrims carry small lit candles in their hands, and four people carry statuettes of Joseph leading a donkey, on which Mary is riding.
At each house, the resident responds by refusing lodging, until the travelers reach the designated site for the party, where Mary and Joseph are finally recognized and allowed to enter. Once the “innkeepers” let them in, the group of guests come into the home and kneel around the nativity scene to pray.
LA LOTERÍA DE NAVIDAD The Spanish Christmas Lottery (Sorteo de Navidad or Lotería de Navidad) is a national lottery game organized every year since 1812 by a branch of the Spanish Public Administration (Loterías y Apuestas del Estado). As measured by the total prize payout, the Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest lottery worldwide. In 2011, the winning number for the first category called El Gordo was 58268. If you had a winning ticket, you would win € 4, 000.
Billete de lotería Los niños de San Ildefonso
LAS 12 UVAS The twelve grapes is a Spanish tradition that dates back from at least 1895 but became consolidated in 1909. In December of that year, some vine growers popularized this custom to better sell huge amounts of grapes from an excellent harvest. The tradition consists in eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight of December 31. According to the tradition, that leads to a year of prosperity. The twelve grapes are linked to the Puerta del Sol tower clock, where this tradition started and from where the change of year is always broadcast. This tradition was adopted also by places with a broad cultural relation with Spain such as Mexico and other Latin American countries, as well as Hispanic communities in the United States. Countries as far as the Philippines have adopted the tradition.
La Puerta del Sol, Madrid, España
LA CABALGATA DE LOS REYES MAGOS The Parade of Magi is a traditional parade of kings coaches, practically in all Spanish cities and also in some cities and towns in Mexico. The Magi ride through the streets, as their page boys throw candies to children. It is celebrated every January 5 (the day preceding the feast of Epiphany) in the evening. When the night comes the children must go to bed early after cleaning their shoes and the following morning they have the gifts of the Magi that they have requested before in a letter. According to this tradition, the children who have behaved badly during the last year receive coal rather than candy. They might get coal candy…
Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos
Carbón dulce
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