Today I m going to speak about Christmas.
Christmas Day is an annual holiday which is celebrated on December 25. This festivity commemorates the birth of Jesus.
In New York for instance, there are spectacular displays of fireworks and big multitudinous celebrations, where hundreds of thousands of people pack Times Square on 31 December at midnight for the count down. On 1 January it is a holiday and major parades in some cities are held, like the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. However, in the Basque Country they celebrate the new year by eating 12 grapes and then we have a fantastic time drinking with friends in night.
In the Basque Country we celebrate Christmas like this:
-"Olentzero" is traditional ,it is like Sant claus in America.
-On 24 of Decenber young people go to houses to sing.
-On 25 the tradition is a family lunch and opening the presents Olentzero has brought us.
-Also the last day of the year and the first day of the new year are celebrated with the family.
-On 5 of January Basque children get the visit of the The Three Magi .
Finally, I m goin to write a traditional song in the Basque Country :
HAtor, Hator, mutil etxera
gastaiñak zimelak jatera,
gabon gaba ospatutzeko
aitaren ta amaren ondoan,
ikusiko dok aita barrezka,
ama be poz atseginez.
Eragoik, mutil, aurreko tambolin orri,
gaztainak erre artean (bis) txipli txapla pum!
Gabon gaba pozik igaro daigun.
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