B. Telford wrote: I am teaching in a private religious school and we would like to do a Las Posadas play for Christmas. (grades Pk-3 through 5th grade) Does anyone out there have any suggestions of plays already written that are approximately 20 – 30 minutes long? I know very little of Las Posadas...

Las Posadas is celebrated in Mexico from December 16th until Christmas. Las Posadas literally means “the inns”. The Christian festival is based around a reenactment of Mary and Joseph trying to find lodging at numerous inns and being turned away. People sing the song Villancico para pedir posada (Searching for an Inn Carol). ...

Last year I wrote about the importance of the piñata in the Mexican celebration of Las Posadas. Las Posadas is a popular holiday in Mexico that’s celebrated before Christmas. Mexican people sing songs called Cantos para romper la piñata (Songs for Breaking the Piñata), while their children try to hit the piñata. Many...

It’s thought that Marco Polo brought piñatas to Italy after learning about them in China. The Chinese would make figures of different animals and stuff them with seeds in anticipation of the New Year. They would hit the figures with sticks and the seeds would pour out. They would then burn the...

Las Posadas starts on December 16th and goes on till Christmas. Las Posadas literally means “the inns”. The festival is based around a reenactment of Mary and Joseph trying to find lodging at numerous inns and being turned away. The story behind the festival is… When Mary was pregnant with Jesus, she...