Honduras

Jesus Honduras is a republic in Central America. It is bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Honduras, which is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.The climate is tropical to subtropical, depending on the elevation. Its size is 112,492 sq. km and has a population of almost 8 million. The capital city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa.



=__**Christmas In Honduras**__= As a reminder to the true meaning of Christmas, many Hondurans display //nacimientos,// or nativity scenes in front of their homes and in public areas that may take hours or even days to assemble. Their complexity and size is completely up to the creator, but the usually reflect the number of years they have been collecting pieces to put in them. As always, at the center is a stable with Mary, Joseph, and the surrounding farm animals admiring baby Jesus in a manger. Beyond that, the possibilities are endless. You can see a choir of angels, Santa riding a reindeer, or even a marching band surrounding the center.

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In Honduras, the main celebration is on Christmas Eve. Families attend an evening mass and gather for a meal later with a //pierna de cerdo,// or pork leg serving as the center of the meal and //nacatamales,// a corn flour based dough filled with meat and vegetables and cooked in banana leaves, serving as the main side. For desert, most families serve //torrejas,// a corn based pudding sweetened with //rapadura,// or cane syrup. Children do everything they can to stay awake until the gift opening celebration that follows the meal, then set off firecrackers at midnight. Christmas season in Honduras lasts until January 6th, which is //Dia de los Reyes Magos//, or Day of the Three Kings. On this day children hang up stockings in the morning then come to home as fast as they can to find them filled with candy.

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