Christmas in Spain

Christmas Calendar2010Monday

Lunes

Tuesday

Martes

Wedn.

Miércoles

Thursday

Jueves

Viernes

Viernes

SaturdaySábado

Sunday

Domingo

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Lotería Nacional

Nochebuena Día deNavidad

Día de losInocentes Nochevieja

Día deAño Nuevo

Cabalgata deReyes

Back to school

Día deReyes

Holidays

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The streets

Tetuán Street in Sevilla

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El belén= Nativity scene•This is traditionally the most important decoration in houses and towns.•They try to recreate the life in villages at the time Jesus was born.•The sizes of these nativity scenes can vary enormously.

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• Some villages have their own Nativity scene play.

Live Nativity scenes

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Árbol de Navidad

The Christmas tree tradition has only been added in the last few decades and it’s growing on .

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22nd December = National Lottery

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•It is celebrated in the morning, and everybody is listening to it on the radio, watching it on tv… It’s very exciting. •First introduced in 1812.•The biggest prize is called “El gordo” (The fat one)•Children from San Ildefonso School take out the balls from these lottery drums, with a special tune.•This day is associated with the beggining of Christmas in Spain.

22nd December= National Lottery

Christmas Eve = Nochebuena

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Christmas food

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Christmas food

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Christmas food

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Christmas desserts: el turrón, marzipan...

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Villancicos = Carols

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El aguinaldo = Christmas Pay

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Dia de los Inocentes = Fools Day

Nochevieja = New Year’s Eve

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Las uvas (New Year’s Eve)

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Los regalos = The presents Father Christmas? or…

…The 3 wise men?

La cabalgata

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The Epiphany 6

....the presents!!!

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In the evening...

... hot chocolate and “roscón de Reyes”

Christmas time is finished

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