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- Christmas decorations in Guatemala merge local traditions with influences from its Spanish colonial past. Let’s unpack some of these festive elements. The Christmas Tree: A Blend of Styles The Christmas tree, or “árbol de Navidad,” stands tall in many Guatemalan homes, plazas, and churches.
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- La Quema Del Diablo in Guatemala
- Las Posadas Navideñas
- Ponche de Frutas Or Hot Fruit Punch
- The Smell of Fresh Pine and Manzanilla
- Making The Nacimiento: Guatemala’s Amazing Nativity Scenes
- Nochebuena Or Christmas Eve
- Fireworks at Midnight
- Tamales
- Opening The Presents on Christmas Eve
- Waking Up Late on Christmas Day
For me, the holiday season kicks off in Guatemala with la Quema del Diablo(the burning of the devil). This strange tradition involves burning the devil, usually a piñata of the devil, in a bonfire in December. Most people will also ignite fireworks, many of which are typically thrown right into the bonfire. Along with the devil, people will usually...
Las Posadas navideñas are one of my favorite. Guatemalan holiday traditions. They bring together families and neighborhoods, building community and bringing out what Christmas is all about. During the posadas, people (usually from the same area) get together every day from December 16th to the 24th. In city neighborhoods and small towns, small proc...
Although Guatemala is considered a country with a temperate to warm climate, Guatemala is also a very mountainous country. Therefore, many cities and towns in Guatemala, including Guatemala City, are located at a high altitude. It means that temperatures get colder starting in November and through December and January. One of my favorite things abo...
Traditional Christmas decorations in Guatemala are, for the most part, natural. People decorate their homes with fresh pine needles on the floor, garlands made of manzanilla, poinsettias, and gallitos. Even the nativity scenes are created and decorated with natural elements like moss, Spanish moss and “gallitos” (air plants or tillandsias), and eve...
In Guatemala, creating a nativity scene is an art in itself. Families usually get together to create entire villages and country scenes around the nativity scene. The creation of the nativity sceneusually starts with a trip to the local Christmas market where people buy colored sawdust to create the nativity scenes along with moss, gallitos (air pl...
In Guatemala, the most important celebration happens on Christmas eve. That is not only when families get together and enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner which usually includes Guatemalan tamales and ponche navideño, but you open the presents at midnight on Christmas eve. Christmas Eve celebrations usually include large groups of people coming to...
In Guatemala, it is customary to light fireworks at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve. After Christmas Eve dinner, people wait until precisely 12 am to light fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate the birth of Jesus. In small towns, very loud firecrackers known as bombas (firecracker bombs) are also set off at the churches. Growing up in Gua...
When it comes to traditional Christmas foods in Guatemalan tamales, especially Guatemalan tamales colorados, are the most popular traditional dish. You enjoy a full plate on Nochebuena or Christmas eve dinner, Christmas day lunch, or brunch. Other Guatemalan tamales like paches (potato tamales)chuchitos and sweet tamales negros are also popular dur...
In Guatemala, you open your Christmas presents after midnight on Christmas eve. Then, after Nochebuena (or Christmas eve) dinner and after lighting firecrackers and fireworks at midnight, families come together to open presents. Finally, gifts are placed under the tree; however, Christmas trees are usually smaller in Guatemala than in American hous...
As a kid, I loved staying up late on Christmas Eve, playing with my new toys. In Guatemala, most people sleep in on Christmas day and wake up just before noon to light more firecrackers when the clock strikes 12. As a kid, I would only get a couple of hours of sleep and then wake up relatively early on Christmas day to enjoy all the presents I had ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Christmas decorations in Guatemala merge local traditions with influences from its Spanish colonial past. Let’s unpack some of these festive elements. The Christmas Tree: A Blend of Styles
Nov 28, 2023 · They are decorated with candles and bright ornaments. Christmas Trees in Guatemala The Christmas tree has joined the Nacimiento as a popular ornament because of the large German...
The "Nacimiento" is normally put under the Christmas Tree. One unique characteristic of Guatemalan Nativity scenes is the use of sawdust dyed in many bright colors. On Christmas Eve families celebrate together and eat the main Christmas meal.
Dec 17, 2018 · The Nativity Scene or “Nacimiento (as known in Guatemala)” is the representation of Baby Jesus’ birth displayed near the Christmas tree in homes of Catholic families in Guatemala.
Dec 12, 2023 · In Guatemala it is often prepared sweetened in its own juices as a dessert, and it is also used as an ornament during the holiday season. Studies have found that the fruit from the Crataegus mexicana tree was in fact consumed by communities in the region since pre-Hispanic times , and it’s suspected that some were able to domesticate this ...
