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Brazil: A tradition is to create a nativity scene. The word comes from the Hebrew word "presepium" meaning the bed of straw upon which Jesus slept in Bethlehem.

Papai Noel or Santa Claus is the character who gives in Brazil. According to legend, lives in Greenland. When he arrives in Brazil, which usually leads silk clothing due to the summer heat.

A great Christmas dinner includes turkey, ham, colored rice, and wonderful vegetables and fruit plates.

Devout Catholics often attend Midnight Mass or Missa do Galo. The Mass has this name because the rooster announces the coming days and the Missa do Galo Ending 1 AM on Christmas morning! On December 25, Catholics go to church, but the masses are mostly end of the evening, because people enjoy nap after dinner called Ceia de Natal or go to the beach.

Embellishments include fresh flowers picked from the garden. Fireworks herald the beginning and lit Christmas "trees" can be seen in cities Aas Brasilia, San Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil there are folk dancing, singing and festivities last until January 6, Brazilians refer to as Epiphany. January 6 is supposed to be the day when three wise men visited jesus

Paraguay: Christmas is a holiday that celebrates each family according to their means, but not in the poorest households goes unnoticed and parents, children, grandchildren and other members congregate on a prearranged home.

Around the traditional nativity scene reminiscent of the birth of Jesus and also the tree, the Paraguayans renewed every year the votes of happiness for all, omens for the last days of December and next year are made.

Catholics come to church for Christmas Mass and over the years the start time of the Eucharist went ahead because that allows people to be on time before midnight of the venues and start dinner Christmas.

The Paraguayans have also been adopted as tradition exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve, showing that Paraguay was also absorbed by the new trends from large consumer societies.

The severe economic crisis in the South American nation will surely make holiday shopping more moderate and even modest this year, as traders are making a difference in recent times where there was greater purchasing power.

However, with recession or not, Christmas does not let being a celebration deeply rooted in the people and especially Christians, who relived each year the birth of whom many thousands of years before King of the Jews proclaimed and son of God.

Uruguay: There are clubs and restaurants offering Christmas Eve dinners in various parts of the country. And the youngest out to dance festivals do outdoors.

Neither are the fireworks, which are sold at roadside stalls to obtain a special permit for the holidays. The most striking is "Cake 125 shots ending with a rain of fire," said

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