PUERTO RICO

CHRISTMAS:

• Food:
• seasoned rice, pigeon peas, cooked green banan
• turkey, roasted pork, fried plantains, yams
• Desserts: rice pudding,
• They out a pig on a stick and roast it.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS:

• Santa statues are around the house
• Don't believe Santa brings them gifts.
• They fill shoe boxes with gifts
• Then place them under the parents beds.
• They celebrate the culture behind Christmas more.

NEW YEARS:

• On the day before New Years, they clean their houses.
• They do this because they believe that it will stay that way for the year.
• They celebrate through celebrations, and parties.
• Having fireworks, food, music, and decorations.
• After celebrations a poem called "El Brindis del Bohemio" is recited.

NEW YEARS DECORATIONS:

• Put up lights, along with sparkling silver and gold.
• Colorful balloons, and colored ribbons.
• They also use sparklers to light up, to look like the stars.

NEW YEARS FOOD:

• They eat 12 grapes, when the clock strikes 12.
• Each grape is a symbol for each up coming month.
• Pork, rice, pigeon peas, and a sweet rice.

SUPERSTITIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE GET READY FOR HOLIDAYS:

• They throw buckets of water over their heads on balconies.
• They do this to get rid of the evil spirits.
• They also all wear yellow underwear to bring good luck.
• Each day is supposed to correspond with each month.
• So if the fourth day is cloudy, they believe April will be a cloudy month.

CITES

• http://www.elboricua.com/pr_christmas.htm
• http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/holi.shtml
• http://www.examiner.com/article/christmas-food-traditions-puerto-rico
• http://www.caliricans.com/2011/01/puerto-rican-new-years-traditions/
• http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-year/puerto_rico/celebrati...

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