Comments on: Santa Claus vs. Los Reyes Magos

By: eleena

eleena — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:38 +0000

Trevor,
Too late! Spain is rapidly following in the U.K./U.S. footsteps of over commercializing Christmas. It’s a bit of a drag.

Thanks for your comment!!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:04:22 +0000

I read in the ultra-conservative establishment British newspaper – The Daily Telegraph – “Christmas is well and truly over” 27 December 2007, pág. 25. In Great Britain the whole festival is piled upon one big day. Shops stock christmas goods from September, and we’re urged to spend spend spend! By Christmas day (25 Dec) you feel like Christmas has been going for three months already. Then you have to eat the biggest meal of your life! Its very stressful and expensive. On the 27th, people rushed to sell their unwanted presents on eBay!

I like the way the Spanish spread out the festivities. Santa Claus is nice for the children, but he’s got nothing to do with Jesus’s Birthday. British Christmas is nearly all about shops making money. Don’t let Spain become like that!

By: Bloggers on Christmas 2007 | Binh dot Name

Bloggers on Christmas 2007 | Binh dot Name — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:40:11 +0000

[...] Santa Claus vs. Los Reyes Magos by voicesenespanol from Voices en Español about "Santa vs los Reyes Magos: Santa meets his match in Spain". Although this post isn’t about the blogger himself, but it’s interesting enough for me to link to. [...]

By: Binh

Binh — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:07:12 +0000

Thanks for sharing this story. Links from my blog is coming in few minutes.

By: eleena

eleena — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:28:52 +0000

Patricia,
Me too!! Couldn’t agree with you more.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:23:24 +0000

Really enjoyed your post. I love learning about other country’s traditions. I’m sorry that you are being bombarded with the “Christmas for more profit Santa scheme”. It saddens me that Christmas…a time for traditions…has become so commercial!

By: eleena

eleena — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:29:19 +0000

Thanks, Ravi!! Look forward to seeing you here often.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:43:59 +0000

Wow, this is really interesting, I never knew anything about this tradition.

Great site (design *and* content)…definitely subscribing!