Christmas in France

Christmas is one of the most exciting time of the year in France, and as we all know the celebration is with the purpose of sharing time with family and friends,this is one of some other traditions that are similiar to our mexican way of celebrating christmas. here we have some  aditional interesting facts about how is the christmas celebration in France....

Did you know?

- Nativity figures are also famous in this time of the year, to decorate our home with this thematic season
- Another similarity is that french people spend the night hoping the arrival of Baby Jesus to their home. 

- Also, they  eat the typical turkey during this night but adding to their menu some other meals which are: chestnuts or roast goose, oysters, foie gras, lobster, venison and cheeses, just to mention some, also a typical meal called reveillon is served after the midnight church service; and for desert, we have the "a bûche de Noël" which is  a chocolate sponge cake. 

- other fun fact about christmas in france is the way they call in their language, for example, santa claus is known as Père Noël (Father Christmas) and "merry christmas" it is said as "Joyeux Noël" or "Bon Natale".

Well, in France, as in the rest of the world christmas is a magical event as it is for us as mexican people.



Now, do you know about any interesting christmas celebration`s fact that is similar to our mexican culture? Please, share it with us. 

Christmas in the United States.

Thanks to the multi-cultural nature the U.S. has, Christmas time in this country has a lot of similarities to the way places like the U.K., France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Mexico celebrate this incredible and full of magic holiday.



Also, in New England (which is formed by the American States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine) there are stores known as "Christmas Shops", which sells Christmas decoration and toys all the year.



Another important fact about celebrating Christmas in the USA, is that you will find the streets decorate with lights; one of the most famous Christmas street lights in the USA are at the Rockerfeller Center in New York, where there is a huge Christmas Tree with a public ice skating rink in front of it over Christmas and the New Year.



So.. would you like to spend Christmas Time in this country?

Christmas in Mexico

In Mexico, we start our Christmas celebration with our traditional "posadas". In these posadas, we celebrate a big party with lots of traditional mexican food, the principal are the tamales and hot chocolate. These posadas happen between the days of december 16th and december 25th.

After the posadas, it comes the Christmas Day. On December 24th, families get together to have dinner where they cook turkey, ham, punch, smash potatoes, "buñuelos", and more. On December 25th, children may receive their gift from Santa Claus or "el niñito Dios" (baby Jesus). They previously write a letter to one of them asking for their gift and "send" it.

What other things do you know we do here in Mexico to celebrate Christmas?