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Christmas customs in Portugal – Part 2
Feliz Natal, dear friends, and thank you for sharing the joy of Christmas with us! Yesterday, as we were still waiting for Christmas, we remembered a few of the most beautiful Christmas customs in Portugal, with the promise that soon we would refresh the list.
Christmas customs in Portugal
The Algarve is preparing to celebrate the most important holiday in the Christian calendar, so we thought it might be interesting to learn a bit about some of the Christmas customs in Portugal.
How to stay healthy in winter
It may be a tricky thing – and vitally important. How to stay healthy in winter is an important aspect, one that can influence your general mood. After all, nobody wants to spend Christmas and welcome the New Year sick.
The world’s most generous Christmas shoppers
Since time immemorial, the winter season has been a time to bring people together and to make them express their warm feelings through gift-making. Before Christmas, the ancient pagans celebrated the Saturnalia and the Kalendae, at which time they offered sacrifices to the gods and even exchanged gifts (generally, the rich gave food and tokens to the poor). Today, gifts are a primordial part of Christmastime in the Western world.
Winter resorts in Portugal are not an unlikely option!
All year round, we have been talking about the wonderful white washed beaches and the warm summer resorts in the Algarve. But while we wistfully wait for summer (or at least spring) to return to the Old Continent, you will be happy to find out that winter resorts in Portugal are not an unlikely option!
It never snows in Portugal… or does it?
Do people still talk about the weather? The answer appears to be “yes”, since so many people are interested in the weather forecast in Portugal, where summers are mild and the sun always shines. It never snows in Portugal… or does it?
