{"id":4063,"date":"2021-12-07T19:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4063"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:42:11","slug":"madrids-holiday-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid\u2019s Christmas Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On most countries in the world, the <strong>holiday season<\/strong> has two main days of celebrations: <strong>Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve<\/strong>. In Spain, though, celebrations start on the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of December and keep on coming until the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> tells you a bit more about the city of Madrid and its traditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-11172\" style=\"max-width: 850px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-20-3 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-11172 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_11172\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_11172' class='rslides'>\n            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/long-term-rental\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog.png\" class=\"slider-11172 slide-11173\" alt=\"seasonal rent madrid\" loading=\"lazy\" rel=\"\" title=\"Banner medio temporada inquilinos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog.png 850w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog-768x164.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog-640x137.png 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/embudo-blog-810x173.png 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/#discover-madrid-during-christmas\" title=\"Discover Madrid during Christmas\">Discover Madrid during Christmas<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/#nochebuena\" title=\"Nochebuena\">Nochebuena<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/#christmas-day\" title=\"Christmas Day\">Christmas Day<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/#new-years-eve\" title=\"New Year\u2019s Eve\">New Year\u2019s Eve<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/#three-wise-men\" title=\"Three Wise Men\">Three Wise Men<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"discover-madrid-during-christmas\"><\/span>Discover Madrid during Christmas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"nochebuena\"><\/span>Nochebuena<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It all starts with <strong>Christmas Eve<\/strong>, known as Spanish as <strong>Nochebuena<\/strong>. This a night where families get together and have mainly seafood meals and drink some <strong><em>cava<\/em><\/strong>, the Spanish version of Champagne.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4065\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-xmas-christmas-tree-decoration.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4065\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-xmas-christmas-tree-decoration-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"christmas tree decorations in red and white\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some Spanish families have adopted the international tradition of Santa Claus, which means <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/christmas-activities-for-children-in-madrid\/\"><strong>kids<\/strong><\/a> will receive presents either on the night of the 24<sup>th<\/sup> or the following day. Traditionally, the Spanish day for gifts is the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/christmas-gift-shopping-in-madrid\/\">Christmas Gift Shopping in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"christmas-day\"><\/span>Christmas Day<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the 25<sup>th<\/sup> of December, <em>madrile\u00f1os <\/em>(people from Madrid) celebrate <strong>Christmas Day<\/strong>, joining again in the family to share a large <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/a-traditional-christmas-dinner-in-madrid\/\"><strong>meal<\/strong><\/a> of roast lamb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/yearly-rental\">Book your apartment in Madrid per year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"new-years-eve\"><\/span>New Year\u2019s Eve<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On <strong>New Year\u2019s Eve<\/strong> hoards of people go out into the streets to celebrate together, waiting for the clock to strike midnight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most popular area for this ceremony is <strong>Puerta del Sol <\/strong>in the district of <strong>Centro<\/strong>, a plaza that provides an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/views-faro-de-moncloa\/\"><strong>view<\/strong><\/a> of the large clock at Real Casa de Correos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11283\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/grapes-g58dc43681_640.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11283\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/grapes-g58dc43681_640.jpg\" alt=\"grapes for new year's eve\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/grapes-g58dc43681_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/grapes-g58dc43681_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even those who cannot go to the plaza watch the Puerta del Sol celebration on television.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the clock pointer finally reaches 12, people eat twelve grapes (one grape per month), which supposedly brings them luck for the following year, and toast with <strong>cava<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that, most young people go to bars or nightclubs to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrating-new-years-eve-in-madrid\/\">Celebrating New Year&#8217;s Eve In Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"three-wise-men\"><\/span>Three Wise Men<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of January, adults and children hit the streets to watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-three-kings-parades\/\"><strong>Three Wise Men parade<\/strong><\/a> which runs through the main streets of Madrid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Children love going to the parade, not only because the colorful costumes and music amuse them, but also because the Wise Men hand out candy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4066\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4066\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO.jpg\" alt=\"three kings arrive with gifts\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO-810x608.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/REYES_MAGOS_EN_MEXICO-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January is the last day of celebration in the Spanish holiday season. This is the day in which Spanish people celebrate the <strong>Epiphany<\/strong>, a Christian holiday that commemorates two special events: the Three Wise Men arrival and Jesus\u2019 baptism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This day is usually referred to as <strong>Dia de los Reyes<\/strong>, and is traditionally the official day for gift-giving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11284\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nougat-ga615ba0cc_640.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11284\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nougat-ga615ba0cc_640.jpg\" alt=\"nougat or spanish turr\u00f3n\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nougat-ga615ba0cc_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nougat-ga615ba0cc_640-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The holiday season in Madrid is also a season for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/sweets-holy-week\/\"><strong>sweets<\/strong><\/a>. The most typical sweets are the <strong>turr\u00f3n<\/strong>, a thick nougat bar usually made of almonds, sugar and honey; <strong>polvorones<\/strong>, a pressed-powdered biscuit made of almonds and butter; and the <strong>Rosc\u00f3n de Reyes<\/strong>, a ring-shaped pastry filled with Spanish custard, topped with crystallized fruit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So there you have it. After reading this article you will know about the <strong>Christmas traditions in Madrid and Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\">Buy or rent your next home in Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Will you be spending Christmas day in Madrid?<br \/>\nShare what activities you will do or what places you will visit during the Christmas season!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"4063\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 125px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On most countries in the world, the holiday season has two main days of celebrations: Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve. In Spain, though, celebrations start on the 24th of December and keep on coming until the 6th of January. Today, ShMadrid tells you a bit more about the city of Madrid and its traditions. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":4064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1572],"tags":[1941,2410,2409,1028,2106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4063"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11301,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions\/11301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}