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The Christmas Poinsettias or Red Poinsettias are integral part of the Mexican Christmas decorations. The Christmas Poinsettias were initiated to South Carolina by an American ambassador in 1820s and since then is a feature of Christmas decorations in the entire universe. The Christmas decorations use extensively the Poinsettia owing to their bright red color and mainly because the Christmas Poinsettia blossoms in December. Mexican decorations embody the usage of several handcrafted Christmas ornaments. These include iron, clay and tin ornaments. This gives ethnicity to the Christmas decorations.
The petals are star shaped and are considered to be the main part of Mexican Christmas decorations to represent the star of Bethlehem. The decorations of Mexican Christmas can be found in any shape from Santa Claus, flowers, angels, donkeys, stars and clowns with colored decorations. This decoration is a major part of the Christmas decorations. The Mexican people are very religious by nature and are strong believers of the precepts of catholic stories. The Mexican people commemorate Jesus Christ Birthday in a religious way. The Mexicans take time to prepare the celebrations and observe ‘Novena’ the nine days as a significant period. The children enact the holy journey in a procession by singing Christmas songs, holding statues of Joseph and Mary and by carrying lit candles. |
