What do you need to host a Posada? [2022]
One of the things I miss most from my childhood was “Las Posadas”. When I was young I waited for a whole year to break a piñata during “Las Posadas,” because that was the only...
by holidayconnections · Published 12/05/2022 · Last modified 11/05/2023
One of the things I miss most from my childhood was “Las Posadas”. When I was young I waited for a whole year to break a piñata during “Las Posadas,” because that was the only...
by holidayconnections · Published 01/06/2022 · Last modified 11/05/2023
Only the Gospel of Matthew mentions “wise men from the East” who follow a star to Bethlehem. In the original Greek, they were called magoi (in Latin, magi), from the same root that gives us...
by holidayconnections · Published 01/05/2022 · Last modified 11/05/2023
Orthodox Christmas day occurs every January 7 because the Eastern Orthodox Church still chooses to celebrate the birth of Jesus using the Julian calendar, which was introduced by Julius Caesar in the year 46 B.C...
by holidayconnections · Published 12/30/2021 · Last modified 11/05/2023
Most Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25th. with family gatherings and Midnight mass not to mention Santa Clause and Christmas tree. For them, December 26, is the time to dismantle the Christmas...