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Hi guys, today we are going to explore Spanish Christmas tradition. Spain is a deeply religious country, Christmas season begins December 8th with the Immaculate Conception Day. Christmas Eve is called Nochebuena or “the Good Night”. A large number of Spanish go to ‘La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster) at Midnight, so called because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. During this night family members gather together to feast around the Nativity scene which is a must do in nearly every home. The Spanish Christmas is Navidad. Traditionally, Spanish people have the famous ‘Pavo Trufado de Navidad’ for Christmas dinner which is Turkey stuffed with truffle. In Galicia (a region by the sea) the most popular meal for Christmas Eve and for Christmas Day is seafood, from shellfish and mollusks, to lobster and small edible crabs. New Year’s Eve is known as ‘Nochevieja’ or ‘The Old Night’. According to a special tradition you have to eat 12 grapes togetherwith the 12 strokes of the clock at Midnight! Each grape represents a month of the coming year, so if you eat the twelve grapes, you are said to be lucky in the new year. Children have some presents on Christmas Day, but most are opened at Epiphany or Kings’ Day on 6th January which celebrates when the 3 Kings brought gifts to Jesus. Children write letters to the Kings on 26th December, asking for toys and presents. If the children have been bad, the Kings might leave pieces of coal made out of sugar as presents! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!   Advent  Adviento Advent calendar   Calendario de Adviento Candle   Vela Christmas   Navidad   Christmas carol  Villancicos navideño Christmas present   Regalo de Navidad Christmas tree    Árbol de Navidad Happy Holidays!  ¡Felicidades! Merry Christmas!  ¡Feliz Navidad! New Year’s Day   Año nuevo New Year’s Eve  Noche vieja reindeer   Reno Santa Claus Papá Noel  snow  Nieve snowball   Bola de nieve snowman   Muñeco de nieve About 12speak!is a global language learning community serving its members an easy and fun way to learn a language in a playful online environment. 12speak! is connecting language learners with native speakers and providing a personalized language vocabulary to be trained with integrated and fun language games. 12speak! believes language learning can be fun and entertaining. Our goal is to provide an online environment where global language learners can meet, chat and practice their individual language skills and have fun learning languages. We provide a way to meet native speakers and learn a language naturally. We provide a way to manage your individual vocabulary and track your progress. We provide a way to train your vocabulary with entertaining language games. We want our members to have fun while learning! Your 12speak! team “Vocabulary games from 12speak! are an exciting way to improve my English online!” - Marina (12speak! member) “I enjoy chatting to native speakers from all over the world,I met a lot of French, German and Spanish native speakers online!” - Stefano (12speak! member) “12speak! gives me the opportunity to be on top of my vocabulary progress!” - Andrea (12speak! member)

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