NAME HOLIDAY

WHEN CELEBRATED

WHERE

History
The persepio was introduced in the 17th century, in the city of oilnda in the state of pernambuco by a Franciscan friar named gasper de santo agostinho

TRADITIONS

• One traditon is to create a nativity scene or presepio.
• There is a very common tradition among friends and families,called amigo seceto
• The midnight mass
• The shepherds they perform a folk play
• There's also a gypsy who is known to abduct the christ child

SPECIAL PEOPLE

• Papia Noel is considered to be the gift-bringer in brazil
• Mary
• Jesus
• The three kings
• Baby christ

SYMBOLS

• Chrstian fish(also called "the Jesus fish)
• Poinsettia is a flower
• The Bradesco seguros christmas tree it life brought inside the home to celebrate the winter solstice
• Christ the redeemer which it means is a statue of Jesus christ and the only Brazilian wonder of the world
• Her symbor is water. In brazil, lemanja is considers the ocean's spirit

SONGS

• Silent night
• So it's christmas
• O little town of bethlehem
• Snowfall
• We three kings

FOOD

• Turkey
• Ham
• Cake made out of cod
• Colored rice
• Vegetable and fruit

FACTS

• Christmas in brazil is celebrated with large fireworks
• Child writer to papai Noel to them gift but not all kids get gift
• In the poor place there is no difference in the surrounding, No papai Noel, coloured light, candy cane or swapping presents
• Instead of swapping presents they got o midnight mass on christmas eve.
• The poor believe that christmas is not about spangles and glitter but love and christ

Christmas in Brazil was a really nice thing to research but something are sad but someday I will go to Brazil and give poor kids gift 😃😀😊