Question: Christmas Angels Around the World: Mexico

Here's a look at some Christmas angel traditions from Mexico...

Answer:

In Mexico, people spend the nights from December 16th through Christmas Eve (on December 24th) celebrating posadas -- processions and parties that reenact the Christmas story of Saint Mary and Saint Joseph traveling to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. The word "posada" means "inn" in Spanish and signifies the part of the Christmas story in which Mary and Joseph had to stay with animals because there was no room for them in the inn at Bethlehem.

People in Mexico set up nativity scenes that feature angels during the final posada on Christmas Eve.

Each posada night also features fireworks, which light up the sky like the angels lit up the sky over Bethlehem with their heavenly light on the first Christmas.

People in Mexico may also decorate Christmas trees with ornaments that depict angels, and sing Christmas carols about angels.