Christmas in Spain is celebrated with family on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Innocents' Day. On Christmas Eve, families have dinner together and open gifts at midnight or the morning of the 25th to commemorate Jesus' birth. Christmas Day involves lunch with family and gifts from Santa Claus. Innocents' Day on December 28th is when people play tricks on friends and relatives all day, commemorating King Herod's order to kill babies in Bethlehem. New Year's Eve and Twelfth Night also involve family dinners, drinks, and celebrations.

1. CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN

2. Christmas Eve
On 24th December at night the whole family comes to dinner and at 12
o’clock at night we open the gifts or others open it on the 25th in the
morning. It is the night when Jesus was born for Christians. CHRISTMAS
EVE is very beautiful because you enjoy in with the family.

3. Christmas day
On Christmas day we have lunch with the family and we open gifts from
Santa Claus.

4. Innocents’ Day
On 28th December we play tricks on our relatives or friends during all
day.The King Herod invented the Day of the innocents when he ordered to
kill all the babies born in Belen in order to get rid of Jesus.

5. New Year’s Eve
People drink “cava” with the family and eat 12 grapes each of them for a
month of the year when the clock strikes twelve.There is also a family
dinner.It is a time when the family is very happy.

6. Twelfth Night
On Twelfth Night the Three Wise Men arrive to bring presents for
children. On that night there are parades to receive them and candies are
thrown for people.