by holidayconnections · Published 12/05/2022
Luke’s Nativity text in the New Testament, has been the inspiration to four well-known canticles, although their exact origins remain unknown: The Magnificat, in Luke 1:46–55, is spoken by Mary and is one of the...
by holidayconnections · Published 12/05/2022
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
In the United States, it is a tradition to have Christmas Carolers, and children performing a Nativity Play. In Mexico, many of the Christian traditions started as a way to convert indigenous people to Catholicism....
by holidayconnections · Published 01/05/2022
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 12/20/2021 · Last modified 12/21/2021
La Flor de Noche Buena (Euphorbiaceae), meaning “Christmas Eve Flower” because its leaves turn red around late December. It is indigenous to Mexico and Guatemala, cultivated by the Aztecs for use as antipyretic medication to...