by Irapuato Christmas in Mexico January, 2011 Mexico's Christmas traditions are based on Mexico's form of Roman Catholicism and popular culture traditions also called Las Posadas. Over nine days, groups of townspeople go from door to door in a … [Más]

by Irapuato Christmas in Mexico January, 2011 Mexico's Christmas traditions are based on Mexico's form of Roman Catholicism and popular culture traditions also called Las Posadas. Over nine days, groups of townspeople go from door to door in a fashion of when the parents of the unborn baby Jesus Christ looked for shelter to pass the night when they arrived at Bethlehem, and are periodically called inside homes to participate in the breaking of a gift-filled piñata .Mexican Christmas has not been very influenced by American Christmas[citation needed] since it is filled with over 30 traditions found only within Mexican Christmas. Nowadays, American Christmas is influencing the Christmas season more, especially in northern Mexico where, for example, Santa Claus is more popular among children than "Niño Dios" or Baby Jesus as the person who brings the gifts. In the center and south of Mexico, children receive gifts not on Christmas Day but on 6 January, the Feast of the Epiphany, when, according to tradition, the Three Wise Men bring gifts not only to baby Jesus but also to children who have placed written requests in their shoes. At midnight on Christmas, many families place the figure of baby Jesus in their nacimientos (Nativity scenes), as the symbolic representation of Christmas as a whole. Mexican Christmas festivities start on December 12, with the feast of La Guadalupana (Virgin of Guadalupe), and end on January 6, with the Epiphany.

by Irapuato Christmas in Mexico January, 2011 Mexico's Christmas traditions are based on Mexico's form of Roman Catholicism and popular culture traditions also called Las Posadas. Over nine days, groups of townspeople go from door to door in a fashion of when the parents of the unborn baby Jesus Christ looked for shelter to pass the night when they arrived at Bethlehem, and are periodically called inside homes to participate in the breaking of a gift-filled piñata .Mexican Christmas has not been very influenced by American Christmas[citation needed] since it is filled with over 30 traditions found only within Mexican Christmas. Nowadays, American Christmas is influencing the Christmas season more, especially in northern Mexico where, for example, Santa Claus is more popular among children than "Niño Dios" or Baby Jesus as the person who brings the gifts. In the center and south of Mexico, children receive gifts not on Christmas Day but on 6 January, the Feast of the Epiphany, when, according to tradition, the Three Wise Men bring gifts not only to baby Jesus but also to children who have placed written requests in their shoes. At midnight on Christmas, many families place the figure of baby Jesus in their nacimientos (Nativity scenes), as the symbolic representation of Christmas as a whole. Mexican Christmas festivities start on December 12, with the feast of La Guadalupana (Virgin of Guadalupe), and end on January 6, with the Epiphany, and Feb. 2, with Candlemas.

by Irapuato Christmas in Mexico January, 2011 Mexico's Christmas traditions are based on Mexico's form of Roman Catholicism and popular culture traditions also called Las Posadas. Over nine days, groups of townspeople go from door to door in a fashion of when the parents of the unborn baby Jesus Christ looked for shelter to pass the night when they arrived at Bethlehem, and are periodically called inside homes to participate in the breaking of a gift-filled piñata .Mexican Christmas has not been very influenced by American Christmas[citation needed] since it is filled with over 30 traditions found only within Mexican Christmas. Nowadays, American Christmas is influencing the Christmas season more, especially in northern Mexico where, for example, Santa Claus is more popular among children than "Niño Dios" or Baby Jesus as the person who brings the gifts. In the center and south of Mexico, children receive gifts not on Christmas Day but on 6 January, the Feast of the Epiphany, when, according to tradition, the Three Wise Men bring gifts not only to baby Jesus but also to children who have placed written requests in their shoes. At midnight on Christmas, many families place the figure of baby Jesus in their nacimientos (Nativity scenes), as the symbolic representation of Christmas as a whole. Mexican Christmas festivities start on December 12, with the feast of La Guadalupana (Virgin of Guadalupe), and end on January 6, with the Epiphany, and February 2, Clandlemas.