Research Paper On Christmas In Argentina

In Bolivia, Christmas, called Navidad in Spanish, is a two week holiday from December 24th till January 6th. Bolivia is a more religious country, especially when it comes to Christmas because 81% of the population is Catholic and almost 14% is Protestant and Evangelic.

Americans and Italians provide countless, special holiday games and activities for their children both at home and at school. Santa Claus, who is "Babbo Natale" in Italy, brings children surprises on Christmas Day. Almost every child receives some gifts on Christmas Eve and/or on Christmas Day. Children open up their packages or empty their stockings as family members enjoy watching them be joyful about the surprises. Children's gifts range from candy to stuffed animals to other more sophisticated toys.

In the Hispanic countries mentioned above, Christmas is referred to as “La Navidad.” They celebrate this holiday during the winter time, where it is said Jesus Christ was born. Children of the countries wake up to find presents left by a special someone under the tree

Therefore, she did not require the purification process of baptism. This holiday is usually celebrated by Holy Mass, parades, fireworks, processions, ethnic foods, and Spanish cultural festivities. This day is also generally considered a “family day” to be spent at home with your loved ones.

The National Festival of Folklore which occurs in Cordoba, is a celebration of Argentine folk tradition. The Snow Festival in San Carlos de Bariloche celebrates the strong Swiss influence in that region. The Harvest of Fish Festival which takes place at Mar del Plata, has people dress up as sea creatures and parade along with the Queen of the Sea. And even Carnival which occurs before the week of lent and is similar to the Brazilian Carnival with its extravagant parades, processions, music, dancing, and masquerade. Argentinian Carnival usually last for a week.

Did you know that Argentina has weird types of clothes and food? They have a lot of people that were famous born in Argentina. They also have different types of language than us. Argentina have a lot of beautiful landmarks and they’re weather is mostly stays in one temperature.

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The decorations placed on the tree illustrates biblical stories and the family items on it foster kinship. Christmas trees have a star or angel at the top, thus remind us, the star that led the wise men to Jesus and the angels who spoke to the shepherds (or to Mary). Shiny balls signify the planets - the universe is witness to the Incarnation. The lights imply that Christ is the light of the world and those who love Him are mini lights in the world, reflecting Jesus.

“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” describes the Christmas season and in the many, many holiday movies as a merry, bright, and a time to spend with loved ones. Festive activities that typically take place are baking cookies, wrapping presents, putting up holiday decorations around the house, putting up lights but what is Christmas without a tree! Decorating the Christmas tree is an exceptionally famous and treasured tradition that many people share, notably, it truly doesn’t matter what kind of tree whether it be artificial or straight from the local supermarket parking lot. Christmas can be the most wonderful time of year, if the taken steps are precise.

The holiday Christmas is celebrated throughout many countries, with different aspects and traditions throughout the world. Mexico’s celebration of Christmas has a time span of twenty five days, ranging from December 16th until January 6th. During the duration of the 25 days, is the main celebration of Christmas called “las posadas”. The event starts nine days before Christmas, and refers to the reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s nine day journey in Bethlehem

In Portugal, on Christmas Eve, noite de Natal, families gather around their Christmas tree and the Crèche, a model representing the scene of Jesus Christ. Catholicism is the main religion in Portugal. Thus, the Crèche is a very important part of the family celebration. It is very rare to not see the children of the family collecting the materials for Crèche. There are two ways Portuguese families decorate the Crèche. Some families only put three figures, baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph. Other families decorate their Crèche with many figures alongside the three main figures, baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joesph including the shepherd and the sheep, The Three Wise Men, lakes (made of mirrors), and hills (made with clay, moss,

Almost every culture in the world has their own Santa origin story. Most of these stories are based around a real life person named Nicholas. Nicholas was born in 270 CE in Turkey and was later made a Bishop of Myra. It is believed that he died somewhere around 345 CE and was sainted during the 19th century. Not much is known about his life except that he was a very jolly person and that he gave to charity quite often. After his death, a sort of cult following happened. Members of his cult would give gifts to children on the day of St. Nicholas’ death which was assumed to be around the 6th of December. This gift giving was extended to filling stockings full of small prizes for children that had been good and virtuous. Families that celebrated the saint would come together and feast in his honour. Eventually the church decided to incorporate Christmas and St. Nicholas, and instead of children receiving gifts on the 6th of December, they would now have their feast and receive their gifts on the 25th of December, in celebration of Jesus Christ’s

Christmas is held on January 7th. Everyone goes to church that morning and at church they have a big feast. The feast consists of basically the same food, dried fruits, nuts, breads, desserts, nut there is also ham and other meats. They do not do the gift giving tradition that Americans do on Christmas. This is a holiday that is based heavily on family and friends and about faith.

An important part for celebrating is the Nativity Crib Scene. Using Nativity Crib Scene was a big help to tell the Christmas story. This is very popular and was used by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223. A lot of Italian families have a Nativity crib in their homes. In the city of Naples which is in Italy, is very famous for making cribs. These people are known as “Presepe Napoletano”. The first crib scene in Naples was thought to go back to 1025 and was in the Church of St. Maria Del Presepe, this was even before St. Francis of Assisi had made cribs very popular! Having cribs in your own home has been popular since the 16th century and it's still popular today. Cribs are traditionally put out on the December 8th. But the baby Jesus isn't put into

Since my family lived so close together, we had many family traditions that remain important. We gather for nearly every holiday for a meal and routine. For Easter every year, we have an Easter egg hunt and dinner at my grandmother’s house. For Christmas Eve, we always went to my great-grandparents house and had dinner and exchanged gifts. For Christmas, we celebrated at home, and then went to my grandmother's for breakfast with our cousins. The importance of all of the holidays we celebrated was that no matter what was going on in our lives,