Christmas in Mexico © Christina Bainbridge

Christmas inMexico

© Christina Bainbridge www.bainbridgeclass.com

Hola! Welcome to Mexico! My name is Daniel. I live in Mexico

City and I’d be happy to show you around and tell you about how we celebrate Christmas, or as we call

it, La Posada! Let’s go!

La Posada celebrates the travel that Mary and

Joseph took before Jesus was born. It takes place

nine days before Christmas Eve.

Each night, families go from house to house

looking for a place to stay, just like Mary and Joseph

did. When they find shelter, the families pray

and sing songs. On Christmas Eve, we go to

church and sing songs at a midnight Mass.

We don’t have a Santa Claus in Mexico. Instead the Three Wise Men bring gifts to good

children on January 6th, “el dia de Reyes” or The Day of the Kings. This is the day the

Three Wise Men gave gifts to Jesus, so that is when they bring them to good children

too!

It’s time for my favorite tradition… the piñata! We

are blindfolded, spun around, and then get a chance to try and break the piñata! There are

goodies inside!

Wish me luck! I’m going to try and break the

piñata!

That was so fun! It’s time for me to leave for La

Posada with my family. I wonder who will give us

shelter tonight?

I hope that you had fun learning

about our traditions! Feliz

Navidad!