LA NAVIDAD HISPANA

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LA NAVIDAD HISPANA
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INTRODUCCIÓN

• The main difference between a Hispanic Christmas
  and the Anglo Saxon version is the importance of
  the 6th of January. This is when presents are
  given to children.
• Schools have a recess from December 22nd to
  January 7th.
• Families eat together on Christmas Eve.
• The Christmas season doesnt build up until
  later.

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DÍAS FESTIVOS


Nochebuena Christmas Eve
El día de navidad Christmas Day
Nochevieja New Years Eve
Año Nuevo New Year
El día de año nuevo New Year's Day
Las vacaciones de Navidad the Christmas holidays
La noche de Reyes January 5th
El día de Reyes January 6th
El día de los Santos Inocentes December 28th (similar to April Fool's Day)
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Vocabulario navideño
Regalo de Navidad Christmas present
Adornos de Navidad Christmas decorations
El ramo de Navidad Christmas wreath
El muérdago Mistletoe
La flor de Navidad Poinsettia
La tarjeta de Navidad Christmas card
El árbol de Navidad Christmas tree
La misa del gallo Midnight Mass
El villancico Christmas carol
Los Reyes Magos Baltasar, Gaspar, Melchor The Three Kings/Wise Men Balthasar, Gaspar, Melchior
Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas
Felices fiestas! Season's greetings!
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Merry Christmas and a Prosperous / Happy New Year!
EL belén (Belén Bethlehem) Nativity scene
Papá Noel Santa Claus
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COMIDA
Mantecados y polvorones Traditional Christmas sweets made mainly from lard and almonds. They are dry and powdery.
La rosca de Reyes / el roscón de Reyes A large, round bun baked for January 6th with candied fruits and things hidden (coins, etc.) inside.
El turrón A typical Spanish sweet eaten at Christmas made with ground almonds
El mazapán Marzipan
La cesta de Navidad Christmas gift basket
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Polvorón
Turrón (blando)
Turrón (duro)
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EVENTS LAS POSADAS

• A nine-day celebration celebrated chiefly in
  Mexico, Guatemala and parts of the Southwestern
  United States, beginning December 16th and ending
  December 24th.
• Posada means lodging or accommodation. The
  nine day novena represents the nine months of
  pregnancy.
• It may have been started in the 16th century by
  early friars who combined Spanish Catholicism
  with the December Aztec celebration of the birth
  of Huitzilopochtli.

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• Typically, each family in a neighborhood will
  schedule a night for the posada to be held at
  their home. Every home has a nativity scene and
  the hosts of the posada act as the innkeepers.
  The neighborhood children and adults are the
  pilgrims (los peregrinos), who have to request
  lodging by going house to house singing a
  traditional song about the pilgrims. All the
  pilgrims carry small lit candles in their hands,
  and four people carry statuettes of Joseph
  leading a donkey, on which Mary is riding.

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• At each house, the resident responds by refusing
  lodging, until the travelers reach the designated
  site for the party, where Mary and Joseph are
  finally recognized and allowed to enter. Once the
  innkeepers let them in, the group of guests
  come into the home and kneel around the nativity
  scene to pray.

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LA LOTERÍA DE NAVIDAD

• The Spanish Christmas Lottery (Sorteo de Navidad
  or Lotería de Navidad) is a national lottery game
  organized every year since 1812 by a branch of
  the Spanish Public Administration (Loterías y
  Apuestas del Estado).
• As measured by the total prize payout, the
  Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest
  lottery worldwide.
• In 2011, the winning number for the first
  category called El Gordo was 58268. If you had a
  winning ticket, you would win 4,000,000.

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Billete de lotería
Los niños de San Ildefonso
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LAS 12 UVAS

• The twelve grapes is a Spanish tradition that
  dates back from at least 1895 but became
  consolidated in 1909. In December of that year,
  some vine growers popularized this custom to
  better sell huge amounts of grapes from an
  excellent harvest.
• The tradition consists in eating a grape with
  each bell strike at midnight of December 31.
  According to the tradition, that leads to a year
  of prosperity.
• The twelve grapes are linked to the Puerta del
  Sol tower clock, where this tradition started and
  from where the change of year is always
  broadcast.
• This tradition was adopted also by places with a
  broad cultural relation with Spain such as Mexico
  and other Latin American countries, as well as
  Hispanic communities in the United States.
  Countries as far as the Philippines have adopted
  the tradition.

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La Puerta del Sol, Madrid, España
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LA CABALGATA DE LOS REYES MAGOS

• The Parade of Magi is a traditional parade of
  kings coaches, practically in all Spanish cities
  and also in some cities and towns in Mexico. The
  Magi ride through the streets, as their page boys
  throw candies to children.
• It is celebrated every January 5 (the day
  preceding the feast of Epiphany) in the evening.
  When the night comes the children must go to bed
  early after cleaning their shoes and the
  following morning they have the gifts of the Magi
  that they have requested before in a letter.
  According to this tradition, the children who
  have behaved badly during the last year receive
  coal rather than candy. They might get coal candy

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Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos
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Carbón dulce