Christmas is here, an important and memorable date for everyone, and with it come also the POSADAS, full of Mexican tradition carrying union and love with family, friends and co-workers.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, posadas are held along nine days before Christmas, with each day having its own significance:<\/p>\n
The first day represents humility to live with others<\/em> These Christmas holidays are carried out following a protocol of tradition and happiness among all the gathered people. The first part starts when you ask for the “posada” or lodging, with two groups representing the innkeepers and the pilgrims, each on one side of a door ready to sing… in the name of heaven, I am asking for a place to stay…<\/a><\/p>\n The second stage is to break the pi\u00f1ata, shaped as a seven-point star for the seven deadly sins, which must be destroyed by each person who hits the pi\u00f1ata while blindfolded as the rest of the group cheers then up… dale, dale, dale, no pierdas el tino…<\/a> once the pi\u00f1ata is broken, sweets and fruit comes out (tangerines, oranges, sugar cane, tejocote) as a reward to all the participants.<\/p>\n Lastly, the most special moment of the night has come: DINNER, usually with each family, person or group bringing a differnet dish to share and which can be:<\/p>\n Once dinner is up and to continue with the party and union celebration, everybody dances the night away.<\/p>\n This is how this nice and meaningful tradition is carried out by Mexican families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christmas is here, an important and memorable date for everyone, and with it come also the POSADAS, full of Mexican tradition carrying union and love with family, friends and co-workers. Traditionally, posadas are held along nine days before Christmas, with each day having its own significance: The first day represents humility to live with others […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[965],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hotelesboutique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hoteles-boutique-de-mexico-las-posadas-navide\u00f1as.jpg","yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n
\nThe second day, day-to-day strength<\/em>
\nThe third day, the detachment to leave anything that takes us away from faith<\/em>
\nThe fourth day, love to others<\/em>
\nFifth day, confidence and mercy<\/em>
\nSixth day, justice<\/em>
\nSeventh day, purity to reject evil<\/em>
\nEighth and ninth go together and represent joy to receive God’s blessings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n