Christmas Traditions
We have the tradition of Advent Calendar. It is a calendar that has got twenty five chocolates. The Advent Calendar starts on the first of December and it is finished on the twenty fifth of December. In my city we eat the Advent Calendar chocolate every day.
SANTA LLUCIA'S FAIR Santa Llucia's fair is a very popular fair celebrated in Catalonia. It is a fair where people can buy many things for Christmas. For example we can buy a magic log,ornaments etc... It is celebrated from the end of November until 24th of December.
The Manger The manger is a tradition related to Christmas. We put up a crib and inside we put Joseph and Maria. They have a child. The name of this child is Jesus. In Spain, this tradition is very very important.
THE MAGIC LOG We celebrate the Magic Log on the 24th of December. It is only celebrated in Catalonia. The Magic Log is a piece of wood with a face, a red blanket on it and a red hat (called barretina). The Magic Log tradition consist on hitting the log with a stick or a cane while singing a song. It give you presents. It usually gives you chocolates, candies, T-shirts, school supplies, etc...
Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is on the 24th of December. We have supper with our family together. This celebration is more common in Spain that in Catalonia. We eat sweets, Christmas biscuits and we sing Christmas carols.
CHRISTMASÂ DAY We celebrate Christmas day on the25th of December. We have lunch with the family. This day represents when Jesus was born, in the Catholic religion. We eat a special soup(called escudella), chicken, wafer, nougat,wine...among other things.
SAINT ESTEVE We celebrate this day on December 26th. This is the day after Christmas day. Saint Esteve's day it's a family day. Cannelloni is the most important food of this day. The lunch is the most important part of Saint Esteve's day because families eat together. We celebrate this day with the family we didn't see at Christmas day.
NEW YEAR'S EVE New year's eve is on the 31st of December. It is the last day of the year. Families meet on New year's eve. At 12 o'clock we eat grapes. People make a party with music. Sometimes people eat the grapes in a restaurant. We like New year's eve because all the family is together .
NEW YEAR'S DAY The new years day is on the first of January. We meet with our families for lunch. We usually eat a delicious meal, for exemple stuffed chicken. This day is very important because it starts a new year.
The 3 wise men parade We celebrate , the 3 wise men parade on the evening of the 5th of January. But the day of the 3 wise men is on 6th of January. Only Spain celebrate the 3 wise men, and the parade. In the Parade, you can see the 3 wise men, on their carriages, they throw sweets and carry presents to good kids, and charcoal for bad kids. After seing the parade, kids go to bed. The next day , the 3 wise men, bring the presents to their houses.
The 3 WISE MEN We
celebrate the three wise men on the 6th of January. It is a very old tradition in Spain. It is a Catholic festivity. The three wise men represent that they are coming from orient to see the «ninñ o Jesuú s». The names of the 3 wise men are Melchor, Gaspar and Baltsar. In Spain we celebrate the 3 wise men instead of Santa Claus. They bring presents to children.
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