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MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2014
Christmas in Argentina
In Argentina the weather is warm at
Christmas. Preparations for Christ-
mas begin very early in December
and even November. Many people in
Argentina are Catholic and so also
celebrate Advent.
House are beauti-
fully decorated
with lights
and wreaths
of green,
gold, red
and white
flowers.
Red and
white gar-
lands are
hung on
the doors
of houses.
Christmas
Trees are also
very popular and
they are often deco-
rated by 8th December
(the feast of the Immaculate
Conception - when Catholics celebrate
when
Mary
was
conceived).
Some people like to put cotton balls
on the Christmas Tree to represent
snow! Any tree might be made into
a Christmas Tree - not just the tradi-
tional fir tree!
The Nativity scene or ‘pesebre’ is also
an important Christmas decoration in
Argentina. The pesebre is put near to
the Christmas tree.
The main Christmas meal is eaten
during the evening of Christmas Eve.
It might be served in the garden or be
a barbecue! Some popular dishes
include roasted turkey,
roasted pork, stuffed
tomatoes and
Christmas bread
and puddings
like ‘Pan
Dulce’ and
Panetone.
At mid-
night there
will be
the sound
of lots of
fireworks!
People also
like to ‘toast’
the start of
Christmas day.
Some people like to
go to midnight services,
but other prefer to stay at home
and let off fireworks and then open
their presents under
the tree!
Another
Christ-
mas Eve night
tradi-
tion are ‘globos’, paper decorations
with a light inside that float into the sky
(like Chinese Lanterns). The sky is
filled with them on Christmas Eve after
midnight.
Some people stay awake all the night
chatting and seeing friends and family
and then spend most of Christmas
Day sleeping!
In Argentina the main language spo-
ken is Spanish (called castellano by
Argentines), so Happy/Merry Christ-
mas is ‘Feliz Navidad’.
Christmas in Egypt
In Egypt about 15% of people are
Christians. They are the only part of