Christmas Nativity – Christmas in Calgary

With all the very different cultures living in Canada, and with COVID-19 raging around the world, Christmas continues to be one of the largest and best-known celebrations in the world. The traditions of Latin Americans regarding food for dinner differ a bit, since it is not customary to eat turkey, but each country has a dish that is typical of this season.

Christmas births are one of the ways to express religious feelings and reflect the culture of their places of origin. That is why in Calgary you can find a huge variety of births and traditions that although different in form, all carry the same meaning, the celebration of the birth of Jesus!

The first of the traditional Christmas Nativities, the story tells us that it was placed by Saint Francis of Assisi at Christmas 1223, in an old stable near Rietti, Italy, and since then the custom has spread throughout the world. We leave you some decoration ideas for home or for the workplace.

In the 16th century the Christmas Nativity was brought to Latin America by the Spaniards and figures made of fine clay wood began to appear among Creole families, some decorated, and also ivory or porcelain. The tradition for the Nativity scenes took root from that time on the Mexican artisans, who began to give life with their hands to beautiful Christmas nativity scenes that evoke the birth of the Child Jesus in a Belem portal.



Reference-holacalgary.com

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