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meal, and in his family they exchange presents on that day, although other families wait until December 25 or even January 6.
January 6 they celebrate the visit of the three kings with gifts of gold, iron and tin.
Maike Fruehling said in Germany Saint Nicholas comes on December 6, so on December 5 German children put the right shoe outside the door for the saint to fill with goodies.
She said her family puts up a tree on the evening of the 23rd and that they get the presents on the 24th. They attend church at midnight.
Nadya Avila Trueba said that in Mexico they have many of the same customs as Spain. She said that on December 16 they have the Posada. Children go from house to house enacting the search of Mary and Joseph for a place to stay.
She said eating grapes is part of their New Year’s celebration. They eat a grape and make a wish for each month of the New Year.
On January 6, they also celebrate the visit of the three kings, she said. They have a large cake with little figures baked in it. It you get one of the wooden figures, you have a party on February 1, she said.
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