Navidad :Las fechas más importantes

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Christmas Eve Dinner and Christmas Day are the most
important family events of the year.
Christmas Eve is on 24th December.
Christmas Day is on 25th December.
31st December. We usually have dinner at home with
our family or friends or we go to a restaurant or to a
party.
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According to the Bible, when Jesus was born
three magic men came from foreign countries to
pay homage to him and give him presents (gold,
frankincense and myrrh).
Their names are not mentioned in the Bible, but
in Spain they are known as Melchor, Gaspar and
Baltasar. (AKA: The Magic Kings)
In Spain, children (and adults)
look foward to their arrival on
6th January.
Christmas school holidays are from 23rd
December till 8th January.
 Bank holidays are 25th December, 1st January
and 6th January.
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SECRET SANTA (THE INVISIBLE FRIEND)
This is a common game between groups of friends,
colleagues at work, classmates, members of a
family, etc…during Christmas time.
 We write our name on a piece of paper
and put it into a bag. Each person takes a
piece of paper and becomes the invisible
friend of the person whose name is on
the paper. Then we fix a day to exchange presents.
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Some carols: ( click on the image to listen)
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This is the most popular carol in The Canary Islands .
Before Christmas Day different groups of people sing carols along the streets.
Lyrics
Anuncia nuestro cantar
que ha nacido el Redentor.
ANUNCIA NUESTRO CANTAR
QUE HA NACIDO EL REDENTOR.
La tierra, el cielo y el mar
palpitan llenos de amor.
Bordan los valles
blancos corderos,
hay regocijo
en las cabañas.
Y LOS TOMILLOS
Y LOS ROMEROS,
LLENAN DE AROMA
NUESTRAS MONTAÑAS.
LA TIERRA, EL CIELO Y EL MAR
PALPITAN LLENOS DE AMOR.
Madre del alma
cesen tus penas,
calma tu angustia,
por Dios no llores
QUE YA BENDICEN
LA NOCHEBUENA,
LOS REYES MAGOS
Y LOS PASTORES.
Click on the image to watch
Tamborine = Pandereta
Bottle = Botella
Zambomba
Mortar =
Almirez
Timple (a
Canarian
small
guitar)
Guitar = Guitarra
Castanets =
Castañuelas
Tamborines
=Panderos
Christmas
gastronomy
in The Canary
Islands
Dulces y polvorones
Mas Dulces y turrones
SWEETS AND “POLVORONES”
Polvorones are dry floury sweets made from
ground almonds.
 The most common sweets are coconut
balls,chocolate advent calendars and pretend
sweet coal.
 We also have “truchas” pastries filled with
sweet potato or pumpkin jam.
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MORE SWEETS
We also have sugared almonds, marzipans,
chocolate, etc …
 Turrones (type of nougat traditionally eaten at
Christmas ). There are many different kinds of
“turrones”:
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Turrón duro (Hard nougat- like candy).
 Turrón blando (nougat made from ground almonds
with fudge-like consistency).
 Turrón de chocolate (nougat made with chocolate and
puffed rice).
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
In the past people usually gave fruits, especially
oranges, as presents. Handmade presents such as
catapults, cars made of cans, balls made of banana
trees´dread leaves or papers, rag dolls, slingshots,
etc. were also common. Only wealthy people gave
toys as presents (drums, balls, pistols, etc).
slingshots
rag dolls
balls made of papers
CHRISTMAS DECORATION
NATIVITY SCENE DECORATION