MESA, AZ -- Growing up in a Mexican Catholic household ... was ever bigger than the one we had on Christmas Eve to celebrate the last of the nine posadas and to welcome the birth of Jesus.

Las Posadas are a Mexican ... de Aguinaldo” were established, held from December 16 to 24. These masses took place outdoors and consisted of reading passages and performing Christmas-related ...

It is just one part of a nine-day Mexican ... from Dec. 16 to Christmas Eve. Father José de Jesús Aguilar, director of sacred art in the Archdiocese of Mexico, described Posadas as another ...

It is a nine-day celebration where entire communities and families join together on the nights before Christmas Eve ... as deep in their souls as Las Posadas is too big a part of life to ever forget.

For many Mexican-Americans, the posadas are more than a holiday warm-up. They are the main event, evoking centuries of cultural traditions and serving as an antidote to commercialism.

The Mexican holiday tradition known as Las Posadas kicked off Monday at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. The annual nine-day celebration, which takes place during the Christmas season ...

A traditional Mexican piñata is a papier ... Montero grew up celebrating Las Posadas, a celebration beginning on Dec.16 and culminating on El Dia de Reyes' (Three Kings Day) on Jan. 6. " ...

A big part of the religious experience of Christmas in the Mexican culture is the Posadas, a rough reenactment of Mary and Joseph's futile attempts to find shelter in Bethlehem the night Jesus was ...

Pearland, TX, on Dec. 22, 2022. Tamales are a Mexican Christmas tradition that have been filling bellies for centuries. Just the mention of tamales can get your mouth watering. Fresh out of the ...