Mexico
Mexicans share many traditions with the spanish. Their main Christmas celebration is called La Posada, which is a religious procession that reenacts the search for shelter by joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. During the procession, the celebrants go from house to house carrying the images of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter. Santa Claus is not predominant, but the bright red suit is represented in the traditional flower of the season, the poinsettia. The mexican children receive gifts. On Christmas day they are blindfolded and taken to try and break a decorated clay pinata that dangles and swings at the end of a rope. Once the pinata has been broken, the children clamor to recover the candy that was inside. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the Three Wise Men.
Mexicans share many traditions with the spanish. Their main Christmas celebration is called La Posada, which is a religious procession that reenacts the search for shelter by joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. During the procession, the celebrants go from house to house carrying the images of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter. Santa Claus is not predominant, but the bright red suit is represented in the traditional flower of the season, the poinsettia. The mexican children receive gifts. On Christmas day they are blindfolded and taken to try and break a decorated clay pinata that dangles and swings at the end of a rope. Once the pinata has been broken, the children clamor to recover the candy that was inside. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the Three Wise Men.
Charles Mims
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