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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
The local authorities or youth organisations usually make the arrangements for the Buergbrennen. They collect wood, often old Christmas trees, from the inhabitants and make the buerg or bonfire, usually on the top of a neighbouring hill and clad with hay to ensure rapid burning. There is often a cross rising high above the centre of the fire.
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.
Christmas traditions include a variety of customs, religious practices, rituals, and folklore associated with the celebration of Christmas. Many of these traditions vary by country or region , while others are practiced virtually identically worldwide.
Luminarias are used in seasons other than Christmas. The early versions were actually small bonfires of crisscrossed piñon branches which were built in three-foot high squares. Today, luminarias are made from brown paper bags weighted down with sand and illuminated from within by a lit candle. These are typically arranged in rows to create ...