2. CHRISTMAS IS THE 25TH OF DECEMBERAND CHRISTMAS EVE IS THE 24TH The people celebrate the feast with family and friends. On Christmas eve, there is a tradition for children. Children have a piece of log and hit the log with a stick, suddenly presents appear under the log. This tradition has a name “Cagar el Tio”. The children hit it and sing songs.
3. CHRISTMAS DAY Is on 25th of December. On this day, I celebrate Christmas with my family and we have a big lunch, we eat good food and sweets. A typical dessert is “Torrons”, this is a Catalan dessert. The houses are decorated with lights, candles, Christmas trees and Christmas decorations. Some people go to church at night on Christmas day because there is a special mass called “La missa del Gall”. In the mass people sing christmas songs.
4. NEW YEAR’S EVE New year’s Eve is a very nice day because is the 31rst of December and the New Year starts. People usually have a big dinner at home or they go out. On this day, people celebrate with family or friends. People eat 12 grains of grapes to have good luck. There’s music and people dance and sing all night.
5. THE KING’S DAY This day is special for children because children get a lot of presents. In Spain we have three kings, and they bring presents. In my village, the kings arrive in boats, in the river there’s music, songs and rockets. They also walk along the streets and give sweets to the children.
6. NAVITY SCENE I like the nativity scene in my village because everybody participates in it. People dress in different ways, representing the scenes. There are demons, angels and the scene of Jesus birth. All the scenes are situated in the old part of the village and near the bridge and the river. It is a cold night but it is very beautiful.
7. THE LOTTERY This is a game that people play on the 22nd December there are a lot of numbers, and people buy numbers from different parts of Spain. If you have the lucky number you can win a lot of money
