It is so easy to lose track of dates living here at Pan de Vida. We were well aware that Christmas was approaching but the decorating seems to start earlier and earlier each year in Canada so in my mind, it still seemed like November. However, as I ventured into Centro Querétaro, I was faced with the decorating that happens here.
There are several animated displays in the plazas which relate Biblically to the time before Christ and also His birth. The Mexicans have included themselves into the different scenes. They demonstrate their travels during the day and stop every night in different places to sleep. Along the journey they are confronted with hardships and evil, for which there is a display. There is an authentic name for the journey but I can't remember at this time. The total journey is 10 days and including the nights, it basically represents the 12 days before Christmas. The nativity scene is also on display minus baby Jesus. He will not be placed in the manger until Christmas Eve.
There are several animated displays in the plazas which relate Biblically to the time before Christ and also His birth. The Mexicans have included themselves into the different scenes. They demonstrate their travels during the day and stop every night in different places to sleep. Along the journey they are confronted with hardships and evil, for which there is a display. There is an authentic name for the journey but I can't remember at this time. The total journey is 10 days and including the nights, it basically represents the 12 days before Christmas. The nativity scene is also on display minus baby Jesus. He will not be placed in the manger until Christmas Eve.
Adam and Eve in the garden
fiesta with Piñata
Piñata
depicts Hell
shepherding the sheep
the 3 wisemen
transporting clay pots (possibly water)
shepherds of the sheep
more travellers
the Nativity scene
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