Celebrations: Part 3

Gift exchange 

Gift exchanges are activities that take place during the holidays between family, friends or co-workers. But more than giving and receiving gifts, this implies greater interaction between members of the same group in order to strengthen ties.

Christmas dinner

Christmas dinner in Mexico takes place on Christmas Eve, although the time mary vary, the tradition is to serve turkey, accompanied by apple salad, cod and romeritos, which is a preparation made from romerito leaves (very different from rosemary), with mole, boiled potato and shrimp, after dinner a dessert is usually added.

Lull the baby God

At midnight on December 25, the figure of the Child God is taken and lulled to sleep, while a lullaby is usually sung for him and a prayer is said to finally place him in the manger, although he will dress until February 2, Day of the Candlemas.