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National Spanish Holidays

January 6th: Time to open the presents in Spain!

For a Spanish child, there is no day more exciting on the calendar than January 6th. Also known as the Día de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings...
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Noche Vieja: The Spanish New Year

3, 2, 1...Happy new year! If you are in the U.S., at midnight on New Year’s Eve you are making out with you boyfriend, girlfriend, loved one,...
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Santa Claus isn't coming: Christmastime in Spain

As in many other countries around the world. Christmas (or Navidades) is one of Spain’s most beloved holidays, and its core values are not...
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Happy birthday to you!

Birthdays, or cumpleaños, in Spain are celebrated a bit differently. Where in the U.S. it is customary for the birthday person to be taken...
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The Christmas lottery

It’s everywhere. The ads on TV, the radio and in the newspaper, as well as the signs in the metro, at bus stops, and just about every street...
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