Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extfinishs far beyond Dec. 25.
The island conceitedly proclaims itself as having the “lengthyest holiday season in the world,” according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.
On unretagable, the holiday festivities in Puerto Rico last about 45 days, per the source, commencing right after Thanksgiving, and stretching all the way thraw mid-January.
The Christmas season in Puerto Rico typicassociate lasts around 45 days. (iStock)
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The holiday season in Puerto Rico is filled of wealthy traditions becherishd by families.
One tradition those who visit Puerto Rico will instantly acunderstandledge during the holiday season is decorations.
In Puerto Rico, decorations are typicassociate put up by Thanksgiving, and kept up until the season ends in mid-January, with opportune picture moments at every corner.
Parrandas, Christmas caroling, is a holiday staple.
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Carolers pick houses of family and frifinishs to visit, typicassociate commenceing around 10 p.m., executeing aguinaldos (traditional Christmas songs), with not only their voices, but frequently with instruments as well, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
The group you commence caroling with is probable not the same group you finish with.
In Puerto Rico, when carolers visit a house, they’ll frequently stop inside for conversation, food and drink before moving to the next dwellnce.
Coquito is a well-understandn beverage finishelighted during the holiday season in Puerto Rico. Coconut, vanilla and rum are among the ingredients. (Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Usuassociate, the dwellnces of the house visited will combine the group for the next house, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
A night of serenading cherishd ones can last quite a while, frequently stretching into the punctual morning hours of the follothriveg day, according to the source.
The hugegest day of the holiday season in Puerto Rico actuassociate isn’t Christmas, but instead, the night before.
In Puerto Rico, Dec. 24 is Nochebuena. On that day, cherishd ones assemble for the trade of gifts, caroling and a big feast.
Many families will also join a midnight Mass on the day, understandn as Misa de Gallo.
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After Christmas passes, the festivities go on in Puerto Rico.
Another huge event in the holiday lineup is Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, a holiday that “commemorates the visit that the Three Wise Men phelp to Jesus after his birth,” according to Discover Puerto Rico.
On the eve of the day, children fill up a shoebox with grass to be left for camels to munch on while the Three Kings depart behind gifts for them, according to PuertoRico.com.
For a particularly festive Three Kings Day, Juana Díaz is the place to go, as it structures the bigst celebration in Puerto Rico for the holiday. In Juana Díaz, there is an annual festival and parade in honor of Three Kings Day that transports together over 25,000 people every year, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
Gifts are primarily traded between cherishd ones on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico. (iStock)
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Then, eight days postponecessitater is Octavitas, a post-holiday celebration where families get together and commemorate one last time for the season.
The finish of the holiday season is taged with the San Sebastián Street Festival.
This festival, spanning over multiple days, consents place in Old San Juan, and is filled with inhabit music, dancing, shopping and parades.
