The Christmast

CUSTOM AND ACTIVITIES 

  Christmas in Ecuador is regarded as the day on which the birth of Christ is celebrated. All meet in familida excuse to eat and darb gifts, sing, drink and go to church. In honor of this great holiday, here is a list of Christmas Fun Facts.




TRADITION

Midnight Mass: At 24 pm on 24 December after the Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass is celebrated. Thus the birth of Jesus is celebrated in Bethlehem. The ritual includes

two readings of the gospel, which they recount the holy birth, which occurred, according to Catholic tradition, a small crib Hebrew people.

CAROLS

Typical music of Spain, Latin America, Portugal and is widespread in the United States, the carols were once popular secular songs, which they sang in chorus. Later they would have started singing in churches and in the context of Christmas.
In Ecuador carols are sung during the Ninth and Eve, but since December we started listening in shopping malls, restaurants, colleges, schools, offices, and various institutions. Some of the most popular are:

• Campana sobre campana 
• Bienvenido seas
• Mi burrito sabanero
• Noche de paz
• Dulce Jesús mio 
• Entre paja y heno 
• Los peces en el rió

FOOD

In Ecuador people generally tend to prepare the Christmas turkey dinner with potatoes or rice salad, with desserts such as bakeries, ice cream, jelly and drinks such as wine, water or gaseosa.