Mexican Christmas Decorations

Mexican Christmas Decorations
We associate Mexican Christmas Decorations with this special time of the year. This article details facts and information about Mexican Christmas Decorations. Everyone loves the custom and tradition of decorating trees, houses, gardens, yards and homes! Lots of free ideas and easy instructions for a decorative display for your home during the festive holiday season including facts and info about Mexican Christmas Decorations.

Mexican Christmas Decorations
The most important Christmas decoration in Mexico is the nativity scene known as ‘nacimientos’.  At midnight on Christmas eve, the figure of baby Jesus is added to the ‘nacimientos’.

Another very popular Christmas decoration in Mexico is the Pinata. A Pinata is a brightly colored papier mache object with candy hidden inside which children hit with a bat to break open and enjoy the treats inside.

Small Christmas Trees (Arbolito) are also displayed in some Mexican homes and these are usually artificial. The Poinsettia plant, known in Mexico as Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) is a very popular Mexican Christmas Decoration.

Other Mexican Christmas Ornaments include
There are several other Christmas ornaments popular in Mexico, these include ornaments made from:

·         Hand Painted Clay

·         Mexican Tin

·         Blown Glass

·         Iron and Tin

·         Straw

·         Wood

When do the Mexicans celebrate Christmas
Las Posadas (Spanish for "the inns") is a Mexican celebration during the nine days before Christmas.

Las Posadas begins December 16 and ends December 24. This festival symbolizes the journey made by Mary and Joseph before the reached the stable inn where the infant Jesus was born

Mexican Christmas Decorations
Special skills and expensive decorations are not required to create a special centre piece for your home at this special time of the year. Sparkling fairy lights, tinsel, decorations and ornaments are easily affordable and our facts and information about Mexican Christmas Decorations will help create a merry, festive atmosphere!