Mi Experiencia con Las Tradiciones Familiares Navideñas

It is worth noting that December is birthday month in my family: my older brother and my niece have birthdays, and so do I and my younger brother. It is a time of great celebration for the extra years of life that I have to thank God for. As for family Christmas traditions, I remember that since I was a child, my parents would ask us what we wanted the baby Jesus to bring us. In the living room, my parents and all my siblings would set up a nativity scene with some animal figures and a baby placed in the manger to represent the baby Jesus.

Cuando llegaba la fecha del 24 de diciembre, mi madre preparaba varios pollos horneados, acompañado con ensalada y pan de jamón. No tenían la costumbre de hacer las hallacas navideñas, ya mi madre se la compraba a una tía que tenía un buen sazón y esa hallacas eran de verdad divinas. Mi padre compraba refresco, vino y ponche crema y algunas chucherías para comer el día 24. Igualmente el día 31, nos reunimos todos sus hijos, para celebrar el nuevo año, se hacía un brindis y mi padre daba unas palabras para recibir el nuevo año.

When 24 December arrived, my mother would prepare several roast chickens, accompanied by salad and ham bread. They didn't have the custom of making Christmas hallacas, as my mother bought them from an aunt who was a good cook and those hallacas were truly divine. My father would buy soft drinks, wine, cream punch, and some sweets to eat on the 24th. Similarly, on the 31st, all of his children would gather to celebrate the New Year. We would make a toast, and my father would say a few words to welcome the new year.

En la actualidad, mi padre ya se fue a otro plano terrenal, pero ahora la tradición han cambiado, el día 24, mis hermanos hacen las hallacas desde temprano, en algunas ocasiones he participando y en otras no, porque ya cada uno de nosotros tenemos nuestra familia, sin embargo nos reunimos igualmente los días 24 y 31 para celebrar la navidad, que es una época de celebración familiar y para agradecer por las cosas que nos ha dado la vida.

Nowadays, my father has passed away, but the tradition has changed: on the 24th, my siblings make hallacas from early in the morning. Sometimes I participate and sometimes I don't, because we all have our own families now. However, we still get together on the 24th and 31st to celebrate Christmas, which is a time for family celebrations and for giving thanks for the things that life has given us.

Estas tradiciones, también se han mantenido con mi hijos, cuando estaban más pequeños, el 24 se les colocaba los regalos en el árbol de navidad, cuando ellos se descuidaban y después se daban cuenta que el Niño Jesús, le había traído sus regalos, los 24, y los 31, nos reunimos para celebrar la navidad.

These traditions have also been kept with my children. When they were younger, on the 24th, their presents were placed under the Christmas tree when they weren't looking, and then they realised that Baby Jesus had brought them their presents. On the 24th and 31st, we would get together to celebrate Christmas.

Espero que les haya gustado, nos vemos en una próxima publicación.

I hope you liked it, see you in a next post.

Fotografías: Teléfono Redmi Note 10
Portada realizada en APP GridArt
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Traductor utilizado: Traductor de Google

Photos: Redmi Note 10 Phone
Cover made in The APP GridArte
Used logos of Hive
Translator used: Translator used: Google Translate

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