¡Hoy es jueves jovial! (Today is jovial Thursday!)
La fecha es el siete (7) de diciembre del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is December 7, 2023.)
Vamos a México para la Navidad. (Let’s go to Mexico for Christmas.)
¿Cómo se celebra la Navidad en México? (How is Christmas celebrated in Mexico?) Christmas season in Mexico begins in early December and lasts through February 2. Spending time with family and engaging in religious rituals are key traditions.
Key features of la Navidad in Mexico include:
| piñatas | (piñatas) |
| nacimientos | (nativity scenes) |
| Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe | (December 12 – Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe) |
| Las Posadas | (parties held from December 16-24) |
| Nochebuena | (December 24 – Christmas Eve – a special family celebration) |
| Día de los Santos Inocentes | (December 28 – Day of the Holy Innocents – a day of practical jokes) |
| Día de los Reyes Magos | (January 6 – Three Kings Day – day of family gift exchange) |
| La Candelaria | (February 2 – Candlemas – feast day marking the end of the Christmas season) |
| tamales | (tamales) |
| atole | (corn beverage) |
| bacalao | (codfish) |
| buñuelos | (fritters) |
| pozole | (a Mexican soup) |
| ensalada de Nochebuena | (Christmas Eve salad) |
| ponche navideño | (Christmas punch) |
Learn more details about la Navidad en México on this página (page).
¡Que tengas un jueves jovial! (May you have a jovial Thursday!)
L. A. Feliz