La Navidad en Mexico Christmas in Mexico

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La Navidad en MexicoChristmas in Mexico

• By
• Kathryn Moody

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La Navidad en Mexico

• This is a presentation to explain Mexican
  Christmas traditions
• Holiday celebrations begin on December 16.
• Holiday celebrations last until February 2.

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Las Celebraciones
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Las Posadas

• Processions begin on the 16th and last until the
  24th
• Parties are held every night in different homes
  and people celebrate the journey that Mary and
  Joseph took looking for lodging (Posada).

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Las Posadas

• Las Posadas last for 9 nights.
• People go to a different house each night and
  have a fiesta.
• They sing, dance, eat and break a piñata.

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La Noche Buena

• The Posadas end on the 24th (La Nochebuena).
• Everyone goes to mass at midnight (La Misa del
  Gallo).
• Families gather and have a feast after mass.

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El Nacimiento

• On December 24, la Nochebuena, the nativity scene
  is completed and the baby Jesus is placed in the
  manger.

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El Día de la Navidad
The family spends a quiet day together
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The twelve days of Christmas

• The children anxiously await the arrival of Los
  Reyes Magos on January 6.
• They prepare and leave their shoes by the door
  filled with hay for the camels.

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El Día de los Reyes Magos

• When the children awaken on January 6 they find
  the shoes are empty and their gifts have been
  brought by the three wise men.

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El Día de los Reyes la Merienda

• Rosca de Reyes is a sweet bread served on
  January 6. A figure of baby Jesus is hidden in
  it.
• The person who finds it has a party on Candelmas,
  Feb. 2, when the holidays come to an end.

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El Día de la Candelaria

• The Nativity scene is put away.
• A party is given by the person who found the baby
  Jesus in the Rosca and tamales are served.
• This is the end of the holiday season.

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Christmas in Mexico

• December 16 Las Posadas
• December 24 La Nochebuena
• December 25 El Día de la Navidad
• January 6 - El Día de los Reyes Magos
• February 2 El Candelarias