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Christmas tree and lights in the main plaza of the city of Chihuahua. Veneration of the Christ child is strongest during the Christmas season, which officially begins a week or so before Christmas Eve (with posadas) and ends on Candlemas, 2 February. On Christmas Eve, the figure of the Christ child is laid into the Nativity scene in a ...
The image receives gifts year round but especially on Three Kings’ Day on January 6 and on the International Day of the Child on April 30. Most of these gifts are later distributed among children from poor families. [1] On April 30, the festivities occur at the house of the mayordomo, who offers food to guests.
In the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City, January 6 is important as the day that the best known Child Jesus image, the Niñopa, changes "hosts" or the family that will take care of the over 400-year-old image for the year. In the Nativitas section of the borough, there is a parade of the Wise Men, sometimes with real camels.
The museum adds: “Traditionally December 24th is dedicated to children, December 25th—the main day of Christmas—to adults and the elderly, and December 26th to young people,” with the ...
Additionally, several related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve ...
It's a treacherous journey Morris lives for, year after year, to see the children's faces light up as they open their gifts. Asked why it's important to him to help give these children a proper ...
In other areas there is Gesù bambino ("Child Jesus"), and in many parts of Switzerland and northeastern Italy (east of the Piave river), Saint Nicholas is also celebrated on December 6. In Spain, the tradition of the Three Wise Men, or Los Reyes Magos, plays a central role in Christmas celebrations. These figures are believed to bring gifts to ...
Their popularity grew in the 19th century and spread throughout Europe, prompting Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann to pen a children's short story in 1816 called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.