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Two children dressed as Maria and Jose, or Mary and Joseph, lead a group of people and a donkey down a tree-lined path away from a Victorian house during a Las Posadas procession. The Story of Christmas Group of friends celebrating Christmas at a Mexican posada, with one person swinging a stick at a colorful star-shaped pinata while others watch and cheer under string lights.
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Two children dressed as Maria and Jose, or Mary and Joseph, lead a group of people and a donkey down a tree-lined path away from a Victorian house during a Las Posadas procession.
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Las Posadas

religious festival
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Las Posadas, religious and cultural festival celebrated in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and elsewhere in Latin America, as well as in some parts of the United States, between December 16 and 24. Las Posadas commemorates and reenacts the journey (detailed in the Gospel According to Luke) that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe refuge where Mary could give birth to the baby Jesus. When they were unable...

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