Traditional Christmas Decorations in Antigua Guatemala
Everywhere you walk in Antigua Guatemala now you fill Christmas decorations. I captured today’s photo of the traditional posada lanterns and omnipresent …
Have a Guatemalan-style Merry Christmas
Christmas day is such a quite and relaxing time in Guatemala, except for the burning of fireworks and firecrackers at noon and …
Colorful Public Transit Bus Adorned with Christmas Decorations
The Christmas decorations are everywhere in Antigua Guatemala now. You can even find them on the colorful public transportation buses as shown …
Christmas Lights Decorations at Parque Central
In additions to the over 100,000 Christmas lights installed in every tree of the Parque Central, this year they added Christmas lights sculptures like the one shown above so people can take their selfie… TAP to see the full size photos and post.
Christmas Lights Decorations at Calle del Arco
The last week of November municipal employees were busy installing the Christmas light decorations through out the city. The angel wings illuminate Calle del Arco from Parque Central to Iglesia de La Merced… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Removing Christmas Decorations at Calle del Arco
Well, it looks like in 2021 the Christmas decorations will put away much sooner than under normal circumstances. Just yesterday I shared …
Christmas Decorations at Calle del Arco
For this Christmas season, Calle del Arco was decorated with Xmas lights in the shape of angel’s wings. This is what they …
Portrait of a Christmas Decorations Vendor
Those familiar with Christmas posts will certainly recognise the face of this woman, my Christmas decoration vendor. Every year she shows up …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations Market Stand
Here’s a sampling of the most popular Christmas decorations used in Guatemala. How many Christmas decorations do you recognise or which one …
Christmas Decorations Booth at El Mercado
This is what a typical Christmas decoration stand looks like in the market of Antigua Guatemala. Everything decoration you see here is …
Street Christmas Decorations in Antigua Guatemala
Since the end of November the entry and exit streets of Antigua Guatemala are decorated with Christmas lights in the shape of …
Installing the Christmas Lights
The installation crew for the Christmas lights is hard at work to have all 600 series installed before December 3 and that’s …
Taking Down the Christmas Lights
Normally the Christmas light decorations are put up on Parque Central before the Burning of the Devil on the first week of …
Merry Christmas Decorations
Even though you may seem Christmas decorations as early as September in Guatemala, the official Christmas season celebrations begins with the Burning …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Aserrín
Aserrín (sawdust) is used often in Guatemala for decorations, especially the world famous Holy Week carpets. Sawdust is dyed with bright colors …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Las Posadas
On December 23rd the quest for lodging or the act of pedir posada ends and marks the beginning of preparations for Christmas …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Pashte
One of the most important decorations for the nacimientos is the pashte; also known as paxtle, paste, pastle, or simply heno, which …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Cordones de Pino
As I said at the very beginning of the Guatemalan Christmas Decoration series, the pine tree provides many elements of the Christmas …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Pajilla
Paja (straw) or pajilla (little straw) are also found in the nativity scenes in the Guatemalan homes known as nacimientos in Spanish. …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Gallitos
These tree parasites are known as gallitos or patas de gallo. Once again, I am going to abuse from your kindness and …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Chicuyas
Chicuyas is the name by which Guatemalans name the part of the pine tree, which I don’t its English name (can you …
Christmas Window Dressing in La Antigua Guatemala
Does anybody know when will the Christmas decorations will be put away? The answer is in last year’s entries… go happy hunting now.