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La Navidad ("The Nativity", i.e. Christmas) was a Spanish fort that Christopher Columbus and his crew established on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (near what is now Caracol, Nord-Est Department, Haiti) in 1492 from the remains of the Spanish ship the Santa María.
Christmas Story is a Historia, a setting of the Gospel intended to be performed during a service instead of the Gospel reading.The original title read: Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi (Historia of the joyful und blessed birth of Jesus Christ, son of God and Mary). [1]
The most traditional and important Navidad decoration is the nativity scene. It is generally set up by December 12, left on display until February 2, and is found in homes and churches. Nativity scenes were introduced to Mexico in the early colonial period when the first Mexican monks taught the Indigenous people to carve the figures.
Las Posadas derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy [3] [4] of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
The villancico is attributed by some sources [1] to Mateo Flecha the Elder, who died in 1553; it has also been described as anonymous. [2] The song also bears a strong resemblance to another villancico, Falalanlera, by Bartomeu Càrceres, an Aragonese composer. [3]
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Mother María Ignacia, who modified the text of the novena in the end of the 19th century. The novena of aguinaldos prayers were created by Fray Fernando Larrea Jesus, born in Quito, Ecuador in 1700, who after his ordination in 1725 was a preacher in Ecuador and Colombia.
la guatlla i el cucut de molt lluny han vingut per contemplar el Messies. Cantava la perdiu Me’n vaig a fer lo niu dins d’aquella establia, per a veure l’Infant com està tremolant en braços de Maria. La garsa, griva o gaig diuen: Ara ve el maig! Respon la cadernera: Tot arbre reverdeix, tota branca floreix com si fos primavera ...