Christmas in Columbia
By: Sierrah Morales
La noche de Las Velitas
A candle light dinner, drinking, and music. December 7th people walk around and put candles on ground and come together in the spirit of family and community unity and merriment.
Novena
December 16th you have a 9 day prayer with family and friends and Arab. This usually happens at a family members house. You pray with rosary in belief of gaining special graces. You also sing Christmas carols drink wine and eat food. It also involes an explanation of the nativity scene.
Novena
Innocent Days
December 28th is Innocent Days that's full of fun and jokes (like April fools) even the newspaper make funny news
Yellow Underwear
New Year's Eve they wear yellow underwear for good luck.