How to Decorate a Mexican Home for Christmas

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The nativity scene (El Nacimiento in Spanish) is the most important part of the Christmas decorations displayed in most Mexican homes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Set up a nativity scene in your living room or another prominent place in the front of your home.
Step 2

Arrange the scene on a tabletop covered with paper painted in earth tones (papel roca).
Step 3

Use boxes to create a landscape with hills and mountains.
Step 4

Select clay or plaster figurines to represent the Holy Family.
Step 5

Add an angel, along with the animals, shepherds and their flocks.
Step 6

Include a serpent and Lucifer to represent evil forces.
Step 7

Scatter plastic toy houses to establish a village.
Step 8

Use Spanish moss to hold all of the figures in place.
Step 9

Decorate a small Christmas tree (arbolito), which can either be set up as part of the nativity scene or can be displayed in a separate room.
Step 10

Display flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower), known in English-speaking countries as poinsettia.

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