Christmas in Spain
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Holiday Research Project Christmas in Spain Many countries celebrate their holidays in many different ways compared to us. What they do may be weird or out of the normal to us. But, what they do are their traditions, and what we do are our traditions. So, it’s not weird or out of the normal it’s just different. That’s what I thought the first time I read about this country. My partner Andrea and I chose the holiday Christmas and the country Spain. In Spain many people celebrate the holiday Christmas but the Christians and Catholics of this country are the ones who celebrate it the most. To some it is a religious holiday to others it is not, but in Spain it is more of a cultural holiday. They celebrate this holiday from Dec. 24th – Jan. 6th. We chose this holiday mostly because we like Christmas, but we also thought it would be fun. Well the whole holiday started because over 2,000 years ago a couple named Mary and Joseph were going to get married, and an angel came to Mary in a dream saying, “Behold you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” Well, in those times a woman was supposed to be married before giving birth to a child, but the people of Nazareth didn’t understand that she was still a virgin. So Mary and Joseph left, otherwise they would have been stoned to death. So, one night they started for Bethlehem. When they got to Bethlehem they were tired so they went to look for somewhere to stay, but when they got to the inn it was booked, but thankfully the innkeeper offered them to stay in his manger, they went because Mary knew she would be giving birth soon. While they were there Mary did give birth to Baby Jesus. Prior to Baby Jesus being born an angel came upon Three Wise Kings and told them to follow the North Star for a new king was to be born. They brought Baby Jesus gifts of Frankincense, gold, and Myrrh. So, this holiday as you can see is
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Holiday Research Project Christmas in Spain Many countries celebrate their holidays in many different ways compared to us. What they do may be weird or out of the normal to us. But, what they do are their traditions, and what we do are our traditions. So, it’s not weird or out of the normal it’s just different. That’s what I thought the first time I read about this country. My partner Andrea and I chose the holiday Christmas and the country Spain. In Spain many people celebrate the holiday Christmas but the Christians and Catholics of this country are the ones who celebrate it the most. To some it is a religious holiday to others it is not, but in Spain it is more of a cultural holiday. They celebrate this holiday from Dec. 24th – Jan. 6th. We chose this holiday mostly because we like Christmas, but we also thought it would be fun. Well the whole holiday started because over 2,000 years ago a couple named Mary and Joseph were going to get married, and an angel came to Mary in a dream saying, “Behold you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” Well, in those times a woman was supposed to be married before giving birth to a child, but the people of Nazareth didn’t understand that she was still a virgin. So Mary and Joseph left, otherwise they would have been stoned to death. So, one night they started for Bethlehem. When they got to Bethlehem they were tired so they went to look for somewhere to stay, but when they got to the inn it was booked, but thankfully the innkeeper offered them to stay in his manger, they went because Mary knew she would be giving birth soon. While they were there Mary did give birth to Baby Jesus. Prior to Baby Jesus being born an angel came upon Three Wise Kings and told them to follow the North Star for a new king was to be born. They brought Baby Jesus gifts of Frankincense, gold, and Myrrh. So, this holiday as you can see is
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