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How is Christmas Celebrated in Uruguay?This forum post has messages dated from 12/14/06 through 03/15/10, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| How is Christmas Celebrated in Uruguay? How is Christmas Celebrated in Uruguay? |
| How is christmas celebrated in Uruguay? First of all, there is no such a thing as white Christmas in Uruguay, for two reasons. The first one is that in this hemisphere is summer time, the second being that it never snows in Uruguay (a great deal of Uruguayans don’t know snow), so even if it were winter, it wouldn’t be white anyway. In hot summers here is more like sweating Christmas. Santa Claus here is called Papa Noel, and his associates here deliver all the Christmas presents at 12’ o clock sharp. So children expect presents to appear right away under their noses and they are a tough clientele. More on this blog link |
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Officially, there is no "Christmas" in Uruguay. It's "Family Day", although no one really calls it that. But just like Easter is referred to as "Tourism Week", Christmas is "Family Day" since President Jose Batlle y Ordoñez, I believe... I'm not sure...but I do know that religious references are not in the official vocabulary since way back in Uruguay. |
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