Holidays Coming Up

Me and my family are Catholic also known as Guadalupanos. In December is when we have the most beautiful holidays to celebrate. For example this week we started reading the rosary every night in honer of the Virgin Mary's Birthday which is the 11th. On the 11th is one of the most beautiful mass you could attend. People do a play about one of her appearance and they dress like Indians, perform a dance and sing. This day is a special day for Catholics especially Hispanics. After that is when all the posadas start, in honer of Jesus. Posadas are like parties done at people's houses, there is food, Pinatas and a play and lots of singing. The pinatas are filled with peanuts, oranges and lots of candy. The posadas represent when Mary and Joseph use to go from house to house searching for a place to stay so that Jesus could be born. Christmas for us Hispanics is not about the presents or Santa Claus. It's the day Jesus was born, on December 24th at 12:00 am. On January 6th is when we get presents we celebrate El Dia de Reyes remembering the day when the 3 wise men followed the star to Bethlehem, bring baby Jesus gifts. Instead of writing letters to Santa we usually write them to the Reye's Mago (3 wise men) or just pick one of all 3, either Melchor, Gaspar, or Baltasar. On January 5th, the day before we usually put out our old shoes under our bed to receive the presents from the wise men. And we cant forget about their camels, we also put out a bucket with hay or water for them to eat or drink. I think these are the most beautiful holidays that we celebrate even though they been changing throughout time.