Christmas Eve is known as Nochebuena. This day is the most important family gathering.
In Spain the main meal takes place on Christmas Eve, la Nochebuena; 'Pavo Trufado de Navidad' which is roast turkey stuffed with truffles or 'Pularda asada' (a roasted young hen) used to be the traditional dinner although they are not commonly eaten now. Some people eat lamb, cod or seafood( all kinds of different seafood, from shellfish and mollusks, to lobster and small edible crabs).
Popular deserts and sweets include 'mazapán' (made of almonds, sugar and eggs), 'turrón' (made of honey and toasted almonds) and 'polvorones' (made of flour, butter and sugar).
After the meal families sing carols.
Some people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or 'La Misa Del Gallo' (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. After the midnight service, one old tradition was for people to walk through the streets playing guitars and beating on tambourines and drums. One Spanish saying is 'Esta noche es Noche-Buena, Y no Es noche de dormir' which means 'Tonight is the good night and it is not meant for sleeping!'
A few different languages are spoken in different regions in Spain.
In Spanish Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Feliz Navidad'
in Catalan it's 'Bon
Nadal'
in Galician 'Bo
Nadal'
in Basque (or
Euskara in basque) 'Eguberri on'.
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