Christmas

Christmas in Latin: nativitas , birth, also colloquially called " Passover " is one of the most important festivals of Christianity , along with Easter and Pentecost. This feast , which commemorates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem is celebrated on December 25 in the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, in some Protestant communities and in most of the Orthodox Churches . December 25 is a holiday in many countries celebrated by millions of people around the world and also by many non-Christians.

English speakers use the term Christmas , which means ' mass (mass ) of Christ. In some Germanic languages ​​such as German, the party is called Weihnachten, that means ` night of blessing ' . Christmas parties are proposed, as its name suggests , celebrate the Nativity ( ie birth) of Jesus of Nazareth.

Christmas customs in Ecuador

Christmas tree

He is adorned with light bulbs , figures and fake snow that makes it with cotton or spray- selling . In recent years trying to prohibit that use trees are natural

Birth or cribs 

Birth is done with moss, rocks, dirt , water for sources give a very natural feel and animals and figures are porcelain or which are more rustic wood and are beautiful. Those representing our country with traditional costumes province decade are very cute

Christmas Eve dinner

On 24 December at midnight when the whole family is together is dinner. It is the traditional stuffed turkey or chicken based with prunes, salads and some type of rice and corn Cheeseburger and, of course, can not miss vino.Claro hugs from family and friends. The gifts for children normally put at the foot of the bed to wake up the next day at the open

Midnight Mass

24, really good and the 25th at twelve o'clock midnight mass is celebrated in all churches. It's a pretty long the busiest of the year and subsequently mass but misasal child in the family are, or the child Jesus to make them until January 6.

The ninth

December 15 begins the ninth that is very cute, as they gather in each house to do it and sing carols. This is done with the family, but some churches have a habit of asking households borrowed. Then it goes around the neighborhood to pray in a house and there is sung, poems by the coming of the Christ child engaged, incense is lit and taken with chocolate biscuits. Until 24 this is done.