Christmas Cactus
Cookie Jar
Keeping a sharp eye on
the Christmas cookies is this decorative and eye-catching cactus cowboy. Dolomite. Not recommended for dishwasher or microwave. 9" X 7 1/4" X 12"
Cactus Plush Tree Skirt
The mystical Kokopelli figure dances through the desert scenery on this colorful and unique Christmas tree skirt with a Southwestern fl Embroidered plush.
40" diameter.
Cactus Velvet Stocking
A bright yellow moon shines down on the saguaro-studded desert, a fitting scene for a Southwest Christmas!
Embroidered velvet.
7 1/2" x 16"
Singing Coyote
Plush Stocking
A tribute to the spirit of the great Southwest, as a howling coyote sings a nighttime song. A holiday stocking with style! Plush.
7 1/2" x 16"
Santa Round Up
Door Hanger
Santa's just "hanging around" the corral, waitin' to wish you a merry Christmas, country-style! Adds an adorable touch of Wild West yuletide to any door. Made of plush and wood.
11" x 16 1/2"
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Saguaro Night Light Flag
Denizens of the desert gather 'round their own brand of decorated "tree," a stately saguaro glistening under the light of the North star.
100% machine washable polyester. 28" x 40"
Christmas in Mexico
Mexicans share many traditions with the Spanish. Their main Christmas celebration is called
La Posada, which is a religious procession that reenacts the search for shelter by Joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. During the procession, the celebrants go from house to house carrying the images of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter.
Santa Claus is not predominant, but the bright red suit is represented in the traditional flower of the season. This flower is the poinsettia, which has a brilliant red star-shaped bloom. It is believed that a young boy walking to the church to see the nativity scene showing the birth of Jesus had realized on the way that he had no gift to offer the Christ child so he gathered up some plain green branches as he walked in he was laughed at but upon placing the branches near the manger they started to bloom a bright red poinsettia flower on each branch.
The Mexican children receive gifts. On Christmas day they are blindfolded and taken to try and break a decorated clay piñata that dangles and swings at the end of a rope. Once the piñata has been broken, the children clamber to recover the candy that was inside the piñata. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the Three Wise Men.
Mexicans attend a midnight mass service which is called la Misa Del Gallo or "the rooster's mass," and at the mass they sing lullabies to Jesus.
Joanna Gamble of Virginia
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This page was last updated on: August 21, 2010
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