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Christmas Eve bonfires along the Mississippi River in Lutcher, Louisiana (2010) Every year along the Mississippi River levee near the town of Lutcher, Louisiana, over a hundred bonfires are built out of wood, firecrackers, and occasionally bamboo, said to have begun in the late 1800s. [1] This tradition has often occurred on Christmas Eve.
A luminaria (rarely vigil fire) [1] is a traditional small bonfire typically used during Las Posadas, a nine-day celebration culminating on Christmas Eve (la Nochebuena). The luminaria is widely used in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [2] [3] Luminaria is a loanword from Spanish that entered English in New Mexico. [1]
Luminaria bonfires in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name of the decoration is a long-running item of contention among some New Mexicans, [5] with written accounts indicating it was already a familiar topic of debate as far back as the 1940s.
Buergbrennen is a celebration centred on a huge bonfire which takes place on the first Sunday in Lent in Luxembourg and surrounding areas. In Germany it is called Burgbrennen, in France and Belgium it is known as the dimanche des Brandons. It is based on old traditions representing the end of winter and the coming of spring. [1]
A Christmas Eve celebration bonfire in Louisiana, United States. Bonfire Night is a name given to various yearly events marked by bonfires and fireworks. [1] These include Guy Fawkes Night (5 November) in Great Britain; All Hallows' Eve (31 October); May Eve (30 April); [2] Midsummer Eve/Saint John's Eve (23 June); [3] the Eleventh Night (11 July) among Northern Ireland Protestants; and the ...
Christmas trees and wreaths, made from local pine trees, were brought to New Mexico by German immigrants and German-Americans from the Midwest. Chiles red and green in color often hang from rooftops over porches. [citation needed] Luminarias are large bonfires made of pinyon logs.
In Iceland, bonfires are traditional on New Year's Eve, and on 6 January, which is the last day of the Icelandic Christmas season. [ citation needed ] In Norway and Denmark, [ citation needed ] large bonfires are lit on 23 June to celebrate Jonsok or St Hansaften the evening before John the Baptist's birthday.
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