Christmas In Chile

This evening chilean families will sit down for a turkey dinner and presents.

Christmas in chile. Novenas are offered on each of the nine days before christmas. People will decorate christmas trees and give presents to loved ones. Summertime since chile sits in the southern hemisphere christmas arrives in the middle of summer. It is celebrated with great fun and fervor across the world.

The chilean christmas celebration is a spiritual affair and is held much in accordance with the true christian way. Many people like to have asado barbecue and chicken turkey and pork. The kids have finished their year of school and enjoy the. It established or kept the following holidays.

Christmas is a day of grand celebration for all. Christmas eve is the most important day over christmas. January 1 feast of the circumcision of christ at the time. Dinner on christmas eve presents at midnight and piles of pan de pascua it s not just the long days and the summer sun that make christmas in chile a novelty for visitors from the northern hemisphere.

Chileans call this event la noche buena or the good night. Santa claus is coming to chile. I experienced a chilean christmas twice during my time in santiago and central chile. Have a merry little christmas chilean style.

In chile people decorate their homes with dazzling christmas light beautiful christmas tree balloons etc on this auspicious eve another important aspect of christmas celebration is the beautiful gifts that people exchange on this occasion. Christmas is celebrated in many ways across the varied landscapes and diverse families in chile. The chilean christmas cake is pan de pascua which is quite like panettone. Many will attend midnight mass or church on christmas day in celebration of the birth of jesus christ.

New year in the late 20th and 21st centuries june 29 saint peter and saint paul august 15. Christmas day in chile falls on december 25th each year and celebrates the birth of jesus christ in the christian religion. Dessert is an important part of the chilean christmas eve feast. Church services are held on a daily basis throughout the entire christmas season but the actual holy observances begin from nine days before christmas day when chileans begin a special prayer service along with spiritual preparation known as novena a roman catholic ritual.

The crescendo of christmas in chile isn t christmas day instead it s christmas eve. In chile christmas is primarily a religious holiday celebrating the birth of jesus. On january 28 1915 president of chile ramón barros luco promulgated law 2 977 which arranged all the information insofar about holidays celebrated in chile.