Las Posadas is a Mexican holiday that is like Christmas in the United States. It was originally from Spain and lasts nine days. This festival begins on the sixteenth of December and ends on the twenty-fourth of December. This is also a Catholic holiday, but most people in Mexico celebrate it. It is believed that this festival was started in the 16th century by “St. Ignatius of Loyola or Brother Pedro de Gant in Mexico”. In Mexico there is a tradition of placing a candle in a paper lampshade. Then they took the lampshade with the candle inside and went out to sing a song, allowing Joseph and Mary to be recognized and enter the world. This is still a tradition today, but one thing has changed since it was started. For some it was celebrated in a church instead of at the family home. There is one thing that both the United States and Mexico have in common. They both sing Christmas carols, go to homes or church and sing Christmas carols. These days children will break piñatas to get candy and prizes inside. They also do something else ...