Christamas time in Mexico is celebrated in a different way than in other cultures, of course the main structure of the celebration is similar and everyday becomes more and more equal, but still some differences, maybe the biggest is the spirt of the celebration, in Mexico is precisely this, a celebration, a party.. or a serir of parties, not like in Europe , for example where it is more a religious and calm time. In Mexico, since december the 16th, known as the first "posada", the first aprty, there will come 8 more before Chirstmas day, in such parties children beat "piñatas" wich are colorful figures made in paper and filled up with fruits and candies, sing "letanias"...lirical representacion of the Christ birth, people eat food, drink beverages with alcohol and fruits, they share "aginaldos" with visitors and fire fireworks. This kind of celebration was origined from the need of spanish priest to teach catholicism practices to indian, then invented a misture of european elements and other who were proper of the natives. At the beginning the "posadas" were only in the little churches squares, but after a time, people took it to their own neighbourhooods and began to make it part of the tradition...

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