In Spain, Christmas is celebrated with traditional foods and time with family, rather than for religious reasons. On December 24th, families have a large dinner together featuring soups, pork or veal, and turron dessert. Children are told Santa will only bring toys if they go to bed early. On the 25th, kids wake up early to find the presents Santa left. The 31st involves eating appetizers and grapes at midnight for good luck in the new year, while wearing red. The 1st of January features another family lunch and sending well-wishes to loved ones for the new year.

1. MY CHRISTMAS ESSAY
In my country, Spain, is not special for religion country, many people don't
celebrate this for the christian tradicional but is tipycal to celebrate this days in
Christmas:
24TH OF DECEMBRE
In this day, people in Spain usually meet with the family to have a big dinner. The
tipycal food this day are soups of shellfish or fish and later roast pork or veal. And
the most important food is the dessert, because is a mix of Turrón (a tipycal sweet
product in Spain). After the dinner, the children go to bed very early because this
night coming Santa Claus and if they don't go early, Santa Claus don't give they
presents.
25TH OF DECEMBRE
When the sun comes after the specially nigth, the kids wake up very early to see
the toys that Santa Claus leave for they. When they saw all the presents, the go to
have a big lunch with the family again, and they show the presents to the other
members of the family.
31TH OF DECEMBER
This day the people have a dinner with sellfish, meat and many appetizers. This
day at twelve o'clock people have 12 grapes (one for chime)and then they hope to
have a good new year. People usually wears red clothes this night because it
bring good luck for the year.
1ST OF JANUARY
This day we do a special lunch with the family again, and we writte e-mails and
cards for the family to have a good new year.