Christmas In Guatemala

By Julie and EllaFeliz Navidad Merry Christmas

General Information

They Speak SpanishOver 13,276,517

people live there!Hot throughout the year average temperature 74.f It is really sunny

Celebrations and Traditions

The celebrations areMiso De Gallo and PosadaProcessions the dates are

Dec. 24 and Dec. 16 through 25.

Honors the legend of a rooster

That crowed at midnight the

Moment Christ was born and

Parade through town withNativity fi gures knocking

on

doors to find lodging for

A Holy family

Important Characters

They call Santa Papa NoelAnother special character is Jesus, Mary and Joseph. They are important because Papa Noel brings toys and Mary is the mother of Jesus, Joseph is the father of Jesus, Jesus is the Holy Spirit.

Gifts for Christmas

This is a different toy they play with.

They set off fireworks at midnight and then pray around the tree

They get present juke you like you and me except adults get their present on New Years.

Decorations for ChristmasThey display a Christmas tree in there house with lights like us people and they use a nice manger.

Food for ChristmasThere foods they eat are

Apples, Cafe , Grapes Olives Manzoni's ,Tamales ,Uvas, Potatoes, Corn, Olives , Prunes , and Peppers .

Interesting Information

The interesting information is they go to a church on Christmas and they don’t eat cookies or cakes. They pray around a Christmas tree outside.