Las Posadas

Children smashing a traditional star-shaped piñata in a pre-posada party in Mexico City.

Las Posadas is a novenario (an extended devotional prayer). It is celebrated chiefly in Latin America, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and by Latin Americans in the United States.[1][2] It is typically celebrated each year between December 16 and December 24.[1] Latin American countries have continued to celebrate the holiday, with very few changes to the tradition.

  1. ^ a b "Las Posadas". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  2. ^ "No Room in the Inn: Remembering Migrants on the U.S. Border". Peace.mennolink.org. 2010-07-04. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-11-03.