Christmas in Spain
Christmas in Spain is a very joyous and religious time of year. You will see that a Spanish Christmas has a lot of American influence but also has much of their own heritage in it. In small towns and villages it is more traditional and distinctly Spanish. It is in the bigger cities that you will find more American and European customs. For an example, will only see a Santa Claus walking around in Madrid and other big cities. The idea of Santa has spread through out Spain more today. The climate and the language differ and so does Christmas in Spain. The Spanish customs and traditions in small towns also will differ than in the big cities. In Spain there are two regions, the north and the south. They are very different from another. The northern regions decorate their homes with holly and mistletoe when the nativity comes. The southern region decorates their homes with geraniums and heliotrope. You can see so much of the difference because of the climate and the culture. In the northern region it snows and it really never snows in the south. The cultures in the north are more of Roman and European because they refused the Muslim rule. In the south is influenced by Asiatic and Saracen culture.
Early in December is when the Christmas markets open up and there you can get decorations like wreaths, holly, greenery, candles, ornaments toys lights, trees, and supplies for the nacimentos also known as Bethlehem's. The dessert to finish off the wonderful meal is turron. The children write letters to the kings just like we write letters to Santa Claus. The calendar counts up to Christmas Eve. They got this day by when the kings reach Bethlehem, Herod decides to kill all the new born Jewish babies to avoid trouble, so on December 28th it is the day that the Spanish have for all the victims of Herod's kill. They children that night are very anxious for the kings to come. Puchero Olla is a dish made of chicken beef pig's feet and garlic is very common on the Christmas day dinner table. At the houses where they stop they are given nuts or gifts. If a child or an adult has been rotten then they would get coal in their shoe. Within all of these celebrations there are certain parts throughout Spain that have different customs. After church, most people spend recovering from the night before. The oldest Spanish drama that tells about the three kings is Auto de Los Reyes Magos. People dress as the three kings just like we dress for as Santa Claus and visit hospitals, orphanages, and do other charity projects just like Santa Claus does. The greeting cards most of the time will say, "Felices Pascuas" which means happy holiday, or Felices pascuas de navidad which means happy holiday of the nativity.
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