Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Christmas traditions in Venezuela

Hi people!

I am going to speak about Christmas traditions in Venezuela. They celebrate Christmas between the 16th of december to the 2nd of February although they start decorating from mid-November.

In Venezuela it's very traditional to display the manger and to set up and decorate the Christmas tree. Along with these traditions others are also kept: carol (typical Christmas songs) singing or the processions of inns.
This is a tasty time for all Venezuelans, first  I can say that the atmosphere is very nice and very warm, in cities and towns many festivals and concerts with groups of bagpipes are performed.


They exchange gifts among friends and family, and the night of December 24 they meet with all our family dinner and the gifts we give ourselves at 12:00. The children look forward to the gift of St. Nicholas or the Child Jesus with great excitement .

In many parts of Venezuela living mangers are displayed, there are also many plays relating to Christmas.

good bye people

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