merry Christmas in Portugal Natal
There is not yet a lot of Christmas trees in Portugal. If there is no tree, there is a wooden Christmas. It is a notable tree that each village offers young people. They must cut it and bring it into a tank, highly decorated. That draw oxen. It is blessed on the steps of the church and it puts the fire Dec. 24 to burn overnight. It was burning Christmas log in the fireplace. It is also burning in cemeteries because of old beliefs say that the souls of the dead hang, on Christmas night.
In Portugal, on Christmas Eve is a public holiday, all attend midnight mass. At a time when sound o’clock, all the faithful are going to the local church to celebrate the Missa do Galo, literally “Mass of the Rooster.” According to the beliefs, a rooster would have sung on the morning of December 25, celebrating its way to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The famous “Bacalhau cozido (baked cod with potatoes and cabbage and sprinkled with olive oil) is the Christmas dish par excellence! The Christmas meal is sober until the debut of 13 desserts traditional. When Christmas dinner is finished, we left the table set for the deceased.
This is the baby Jesus who brings gifts and often not Santa Claus 2008.
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