Merry Christmas in Spanish: Feliz Navidad. Christmas begins to feel in Spain and most of the Spanish speaking countries since mid-November when the streets of the cities are adorned with lights, trees and Christmas decorations. During the Christmas season, the streets are illuminated with colored lights, the squares are filled with markets with typical products, families gather on Christmas Eve with the mass at midnight, on Christmas and on December 31st to say goodbye to the ending year.
How to Say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
Merry Christmas: Feliz Navidad
The night of Christmas Eve is a time of family gathering around small figurines that represent the birth of Jesus, the mangers, present in many houses. Once the night party is over, the family continues to gather on Christmas day, when a copious meal is made again with the best family clothes. In the area of Catalonia, this tradition happens on December 26th, St. Stephen’s Day. There is a wide variety of foods that are eaten on this day and other Christmas holidays, and of course, different dishes are prepared in each region.
The turkey arrived in Europe from Mexico, in the first third of the 16th century. It was a memory brought by Hernan Cortes of the New World after the Aztecs gave him a try. There it was known as Guajolote. The turkey also lived in the wild in the forests of Canada. The French who became very fond o their meet called it Dinde. After this, it became the center of most Christmas dinners in most of the Spanish speaking countries.
How to Say Merry Christmas in Spanish
Posted by Daily News Gallery on Friday, December 13, 2019