World Celebration

In Venezuela, Christmas is celebrated with a number of religious and traditional custom. Christmas festivities celebrate the birth of the child Jesus.

The main celebration takes place on Christmas Eve, "Noche Buena" as it is called in Spanish. Families get together to enjoy the traditional holiday meal: hallacas, pan de jamón, dulce de lechoza.

On December 25 children awake to find their gifts around the Nacimiento or the Christmas tree. Tradition has it that it is the Child Jesus who brings gifts to the Venezuelan children instead of Santa Claus.

My family and me we enjoy the dinner christmas, my brother and cousins receives many gifts and we dance with family.

We exchange gifts and go to visit the friends.