1. FELIZ NAVIDAD
Y próspero año nuevo

2. Christmas decorations
In Spain people decorate their
houses with el Belén (the
nativity scene) and a
Christmas tree.

3. On the 24th December children go together singing villancicos (Spanish Christmas carols) from house to house. They ask for el aguinaldo, which is the money given in Christmas.

4. Those are some of the instruments used for singing the villancicos
Zambomba
Pandereta
Cascabel

5. Christmas Eve In Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
families get together to have dinner.
They usually have soup, seafood, eggs,
cheese and ham ...
The traditional Christmas sweets are
turrón (noughat), polvorón (powdery
cookie) and mazapán (marzipan).

6. Christmas Day Santa doesn't bring presents to Spanish children.
This is because Santa is very busy bringing
presents to children in England.
But don't worry,
Spanish children will get
presents from the
Three Wise Men later on!

7. The Day of the Innocent The 28th December is Spanish April
fool's day! On that day people make
jokes to each other and they say
“¡Inocente!”

8. New Year's Eve In Nochevieja families get together to
have dinner and at midnight they watch
the campanadas (the twelve bell rings)‏
onTV or they go to the town hall square.
With every bell ring they eat a grape
and they make a wish.

9. The Three Wise Men On the 5th January at night the
Three Wise Men arrive to Spain
in their camels from the Far East to
leave presents to Spanish families. People
welcome them in their cities with big parades
and the Three Wise Men throw sweets as
they make their way.

10. Spanish children write letters to them
saying how they have behaved during
the year and what they would like to get.
On the night of the 5th children clean
their shoes and leave them by the Christmas
tree or the Nativity scene.
They also leave food and water for the Three
Wise Men and their camels.

11. On the 6th January Children will get
presents if they have behaved
otherwise they will get some coal.
Afterwards they have hot
chocolate and roscón de reyes
for breakfast.