To celebrate like a local, be sure to check out the impressive display of Christmas lights around the city. A post shared by Santa Cruz Patagonia santacruzpatagonia.
If you like to spend your Christmas in the great outdoors, look no further than beautiful El Calafate. This Patagonian town has no shortage of hiking trails, mountains, lakes, parks and glaciers that are ready to be explored, which you can do on our Wonders of Patagonia tour. After a long day of adventure, make sure you treat yourself to a delicious glass of Malbec. A post shared by Bariloche Argentina barilochear.
A visit to Bariloche at Christmastime is sure to be cosy, comforting and filled with lots of delicious chocolate. Like many other South Americans, Argentinians begin their Christmas preparations as early as December 8th. Although they are preparing for Christmas, Argentinians stay in air conditioned rooms, as this is the hottest time of the summer.
Though you can also experience colder climates in Argentina, if you go to Patagonia, for instance. Christmas is decorated with garlands of green, gold and red hues, while the front door is adorned with a wreath bearing white flowers. These Christmas decorations also include the nativity scene, and slightly more alternative decorations, where cotton balls serve as white snowflakes.
At midnight, after an outdoor Christmas dinner and mass, Christmas day is rung in with gorgeous colours in the sky. Around midnight, paper lanterns, called globos, are launched into the sky. The lights symbolise the birth of Christ and the star over Bethlehem. Christmas Eve, or Nochebuena, concludes with fireworks.
The children put their shoes by their beds, by the door or under the Christmas tree. In many ways, the Brazilian Christmas traditions are reminiscent of the Western ones. Just as in the UK, Christmas is also a family event in Brazil. But when it comes to decoration, the country stands out. Brazilians have a love of electric and vividly colourful Christmas trees. Not to be outdone by the fireworks, they glow in all sorts of colours.
The morning after Christmas Eve, families go to the beach to relax and enjoy the company of each other and the sun. In the plays, the gypsy attempts to steal away the infant Jesus. In December, Christmas is right around the corner, and the school year is close to an end in Costa Rica. And that is why there are even more occasions for a joyous time of celebration.
Entire Ticos families, as the Costa Rican population is called, decorate their homes for the festivities, often using nativity scenes, flowers, and wreaths with red coffee berries. The next morning, children open their gifts, and the El Tope celebration begins. Many dress in cowboy attire, and the day of El Tope is a big tradition in Costa Rica. In December, Ticos also celebrate the Festival de la Luz , the festival of light. The festival includes music, parades, masquerades and fireworks.
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Dallas-Fort Worth. Mexico City. Trending Regions. Trending Cities. Our Trips. These days most gifts are exchanged on Noche Buena although in more traditional families and countries they wait until 6 January for the Bajada de Reyes which commemorates the arrival of the three kings bearing their world-famous gifts. Regulations are not what they should be and scores of people, especially children, are injured or worse every year. Affectionately known as Misa de Gallo Spanish or Missa do Galo Portuguse because families usually return home in the early hours when the cock is already crowing, midnight mass is a big deal throughout South America.
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