While holiday menus can vary across different regions in Spain, most festive meals start off with a round of shared appetizers. These often include cured meats and cheeses, canap\u00e9s, or croquettes. From there, some families may serve a lighter first course such as seafood soup or a salad.<\/div>\r\n
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The main course of holiday meals in Spain is often protein-based: whole baked fish, roasted lamb or suckling pig, or some kind of poultry. For dessert, diners take their pick from a tray of typical Spanish Christmas sweets, such as mantecado<\/em> and polvor\u00f3n<\/em> cookies and turr\u00f3n<\/em> candy bars. There is usually also some kind of alcohol served after the meal, whether that be quick shots of a digestif or a round of Spain’s famous gin and tonics.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nWhat is Christmas called in Spain?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n
The Spanish word for Christmas is Navidad<\/em>. You may also hear people referring to fiestas<\/em> at this time of year, which means “holidays.”<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nDoes Spain have Santa Claus?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n
Traditionally, Santa Claus has not been a part of Christmas folklore in Spain. Instead, children receive their holiday presents from the Three Wise Men of biblical lore on January 6.
However, in recent years, many families have adopted the Santa Claus tradition as well. In that case, kids open their presents from Santa on December 25 and those from the Three Kings a few weeks later on the Epiphany.<\/p>\r\n
What are the three special celebrations of a Spanish Christmas?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
The three main events during the holiday season in Spain are Christmas, New Year, and Three Kings Day.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This post was originally published on December 23, 2014 and was updated with new text and photos on December 5, 2022.\u00a0 You may already know about the Three Kings that bring children presents or the special sweets eaten this time of year. But there are plenty more Spanish Christmas traditions that aren’t as well known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":13951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[361,53,1560,1856],"tags":[241],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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