Traditions in your country

[Elba]

Para where are you at Méxic? because even in our country the traditions change from one state to another. My family is from Oaxaca state, and the tradition is different from people from Michoacán. I will talk about latter.

[Paco]

I'm from Pachuca hidalgo. Xantolo is celebreted in "la huasteca" where my mother is.

[Dixie]

Thanks everybody for your replies but no one is talking about his/her traditions, I wanna know!!!

Hahaha this is normal, we're good at going off-topic, you'll get used to it!

[Cypress]

Paco described el día de los muertos very interesting. I think I heard that there is also another day like that when the memory of dead children is celebrated. Is that so? Or am I making it up?

[Elba]

November 1 day of the little angels (children)
November 2 day of all the saints (adults)

Now I musto to go home, tomorrow I will tell you more about Dia de los Muertos. Of course I try to do it in english.

[Dixie]

November 1 day of the little angels (children)
November 2 day of all the saints (adults)

Really, in Spain All Saints' Day is November 1st.

[Elba]

November 1.

If the family has a baby who die weeks, months, years ago, they prepare a tribute, in spanish we said "Ofrenda".
On a table with a withe cover clothe people use to put orange Flowers -in náhuatl language "Cempasuchil"-, a holly image, like a virgen or jesuschrist, and a glass of watter, a little dish with salt, and Copal -sometin like incience.
People put dishes for the baby, if was a baby milk, the toy of the baby.
If was a children, candies, chocolates, toys of the boy or gilr, and another things like he/she like very much.
People put candels and a crane of sugar -I mean a figure of a crane make with suggar.
People belive that in this day God give permission to the babies to return to this world in order to see his/her family; for that, family pray for he/she and put the "Ofrenda", after 24 hours the baby return with God. It is impossible that the baby or child eat the food, people say that they -died people- only take the smeals of the food, the flavors.
If you eat any fruit or candy after that day you can´tenjy because that fruit will be without any flavor. ¡Really! when I was a child thousand of times I take fruit from the "Ofrenda" and the fruit was totaly dry "Belive me".
The Ofrenda for november 2 is similar, but people put dishes for adults.
Example: my aunt like the mexican dish "Black Mole" with poultry. Then I put that dish, a beverage cook with chocolate, rice, bread (specially prepared for that day) fruit like tangerine, I don´t know how to say in english: Caña, jicama.I put nuts, manie, the cranes, rice with milk and suggar. Tequila for my grandfather, a coke for Mom, etc. Is a Big Ofrenda.

[Cypress]

Elba, your narrative about el Día de los Muertos was very interesting. Thank you for taking your time and telling us all about it.

I heard about two other holidays. They are la Nochebuena and la Nochevieja.

I don’t remember whether they are celebrated in the countries of Latin America or in Spain. What these holidays are about? So Elba or anyone else, could you tell us more about these holidays, please?

[Dixie]

I heard about two other holidays. They are la Nochebuena and la Nochevieja.

I don’t remember whether they are celebrated in the countries of Latin America or in Spain. What these holidays are about? So Elba or anyone else, could you tell us more about these holidays, please?

They are celebrated in Spain (I don't know about Latin America). I remember I used to confuse those terms when I was small

Nochebuena is Christmas Eve. Now I don't celebrate it, I just have dinner with my bf, but that's what we do almost every day so it's no celebration... My parents do celebrate it, though. When we were small my mom would take out the expensive dinner service, lit candles, etc. She would prepare seafood or other expensive stuff for dinner. I think they still do it.

Nochevieja is New Year's Eve. I think it's celebrated like in any other country: big parties, and the waiting for the final countdown.

[Elba]

Mexico, beautiful Mexico:

Nochebuena: Christmas eve= december 24 because are the hours before Jesuschrist was born. All is in peace.
December 25 Navidad, Jesuschrist was born and live his first hours.

Nochebuena: Dinner with Turkey, presents among the family, presents for children from Jesus Children or Santa Clauss, acording to the traditions into each family. Mexicans go to a holly act at the church (12:00 middle night), or go to see a "Pastorela" at 09:00 pm -representation about Joseph Maria and the children, and all the problems a group of farmers have in order to get to the places where Jesus was born. They fight with the evil, and finallu the get to the place and see the little jesus.

Some families only stay at home with all the family and some other organize big parties with family and neighbors and all dance and drink and eat and.. and ...
The next day Navidad, all are like spiders died because of the night before The live at the city begin at 01:00 pm and a lot of people go to take lunch out of house in order to get a remedy to the hangover.

Nochevieja= The last night of the year. Similar to december 24 and jenuary 1st similar to december 25.
Mexicans like too much alcohol in this parties.

There is a Maraton -like a run copetence- but with alcohol and food. The name is Guadalupe-Reyes Maraton.
Why because begin at december 12 a big day for m4exicans because is the day of a tribute to the Virgen de Guadalupe, a virgen to appear to an indiancalled Juan Diego in the years 1500. and Reyes because the maraton finish at jeanuary 6 when the Holly kings came to give presents to the boys.
Every day mexicans look for a reazon to go to the bar, or make a party or something that permit eat, drink, dance etc.
Some people desist of the maraton because get sick.