Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Family, Feasts, and Midnight Mass Nochebuena, or Christmas Eve on December 24th, is a big deal in Mexico — even more so than Christmas Day (December 25th).

Mexico City’s mobility department organizes the annual night bike rides in Mexico City, and several are themed for the holidays, like the Dia de Muertos ride and the Christmas ride, which takes ...

Seph MacAndrew, 26, was raised in a nondenominational church, but now honors Christmas traditions outside of religion, seeing as holy the holiday moments shared — laughter, watching movies ...

Mexico’s Christmas Eve traditions also included dazzling fireworks as part of the final posadas —processions reenacting Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter. Cities such as Puebla and Oaxaca ...

The poinsettia is native to the Pacific-facing mountains of southern Mexico. There it grows in seasonally dry tropical forests as a scraggly shrub that can reach 15 feet wide and tall.

Mexico City will look its best during the Christmas season. The city will have traditional and more modern celebrations to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve. For this closing of 2023, the city ...

Milena Ussa of Colombia, right, takes a photo of her friend Fernanda Gonzalez of Mexico with a Xmas tree on Christmas Day at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020.

Christmas cake, or fruitcake, is also part of the holiday customs for many Costa Ricans. “Around September or, even the year before, they start making the Christmas cake.

Both Costa Rica and Mexico provide unique Christmas traditions. Mexico is noted for its Las Posadas, piñatas, and Nochebuena celebrations.

The cruise will sail from Nov. 6 to Nov. 10 next year. Hallmark Channel is getting in the Christmas spirit while taking on the high seas. On Thursday, the entertainment company announced the ...