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From here I'd like to thank those who has let me follow with this blog. Thanks to my sister-in-law (Marivy) and every visitor who loves English like me. Thank you very much!!!!!
SANTA AND THE ELVES SNOWBALL FIGHT
Santa and the elves are having a fun snowball fight. Aim at the elves in the trees before they splat you.
CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN
Christmas is a deeply religious holiday in Spain. The country's patron saint is the Virgin Mary and the Christmas season officially begins December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Christmas Eve is known as Nochebuena or "the Good Night." It is a time for family members to gather together to rejoice and feast around the Nativity scenes that are present in nearly every home. A traditional Christmas treat is turron, a kind of almond candy.
December 28 is the feast of the Holy Innocents. Young boys of a town or village light bonfires and one of them acts as the mayor who orders townspeople to perform civic chores such as sweeping the streets. Refusal to comply results in fines which are used to pay for the celebration.
As in many European countries, the children of Spain receive gifts on the feast of the Epiphany. The Magi are particularly revered in Spain. It is believed that they travel through the countryside reenacting their journey to Bethlehem every year at this time. Children leave their shoes on the windowsills and fill them with straw, carrots, and barley or the horses of the Wise Men. Their favorite is Balthazar who rides a donkey and is the one believed to leave the gifts.
CHRISTMAS TIME
You'll find lots of Christmas related information here, including Christmas Poems, Christmas Prose, Christmas History, Christmas Music, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Stories, Christmas Jokes, Christmas Quotations, Christmas Illustrations and Christmas Food. I'm sure you will find the prose and poetry sections particularly valuable if you are thinking of providing your own entertainment this Christmas. You can learn all about it by taking the following link:
WORDS AND MUSIC
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
The Christmas tree probably originated from popular early medieval religious plays,
Representing many things--the original tree of paradise, the life-giving tree of Christ's cross, the tree John the Apostle saw in the Book of Revelations, "a tree of life, which yields twelve crops of fruit, one for each month of the year...for the healing of the nations"--our Christmas tree is rich in Christian symbolism.
"the Paradise Plays," performed in churches and town squares of Europe during the Advent season.
The plays told the story of the human race from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise till the Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. On stage during the play was a great tree hung with apples, symbolizing the Garden of Paradise. Soon people began the custom of putting a "paradise tree" laden with gifts and lighted with candles in their homes during the Christmas season to celebrate paradise regained through the coming of Christ.
Representing many things--the original tree of paradise, the life-giving tree of Christ's cross, the tree John the Apostle saw in the Book of Revelations, "a tree of life, which yields twelve crops of fruit, one for each month of the year...for the healing of the nations"--our Christmas tree is rich in Christian symbolism.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY EMERGENCY DESK
Welcome to The Special Holiday Emergency Desk where you can type what you are thinking
and this kind guy will draw it for you.
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