A Mexican Tradition
For the children of Mexico, the most exciting celebration of the Christmas season is not Christmas Day, but rather the nine evenings leading up to Christmas-the Festival of Posadas. "Posada" means shelter, inn or lodging and the nine-day festival is a reenactment of Mary and Joseph's search for shelter on their way to Bethlehem
After reading the description of the Posada festival, perhaps you and your family could plan a similar celebration in your neighborhood or with nearby friends. The ideas for making clay figures for the nativity scene and a pinata come from Brotman-Marshfield's Holidays and Holy Days, which is available from the CLF Loan Library.

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