How Do You Decorate A Mexican Home For Christmas?
The nativity scene (El Nacimiento in Spanish) is the most important part of the Christmas decorations displayed in most Mexican homes. Set up a nativity scene in your living room or another prominent place in the front of your home. Arrange the scene on a tabletop covered with paper painted in earth tones (papel roca). Use boxes to create a landscape with hills and mountains. Select clay or plaster figurines to represent the Holy Family. Add an angel, along with the animals, shepherds and their flocks. Include a serpent and Lucifer to represent evil forces. Scatter plastic toy houses to establish a village. Use Spanish moss to hold all of the figures in place. Decorate a small Christmas tree (arbolito), which can either be set up as part of the nativity scene or can be displayed in a separate room. Display flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower), known in English-speaking countries as poinsettia.
