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Holiday Vocab
Navidad
Term | Definition |
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Mola | sewing technique where multiple layers are cut to show pattern or design |
Candlemas Day | Celebrated on February 2nd and is the end of the Holiday season. |
Día de los inocentes | On December 28th and people prank each other |
Flor de Nochebuena | Christmas Flower (poinsetta) |
Las posadas | Tradition where people go from home to home each night looking for lodging. Celebrated - December 16th-24th |
Año viejo | New Year's Eve (December 31st) |
Año nuevo | At midnight people each 12 grapes to represent 12 months of good luck |
árbol de Navidad | Christmas tree - recently is becoming a Holiday decoration in Mexico |
Feliz Navidad | Popular Christmas greeting |
naciemiento | The popular Christmas decoration in Mexico - Nativity scene |
La virgin de Guadalupe | The brown skinned version on Mary and people celebrate her on December 12th |
Navidad | Christmas (December 25th) |
los reyes magos | Three wise men that children write letters to telling them what they want for Christmas (January 6th) |
Nochebuena | Christmas Eve (December 24th) |