Happy New Year & Welcome Back!
The students dove back into Spanish class this week. The 7th graders took a quiz on their vocabulary that they reviewed (I hope!) over break. The 8th graders took their Spanish I midterm from DGS. We'll find out how they did when DGS sends their scores back!
El año nuevo is celebrated in different ways in Spanish speaking countries. In Perú, a large part of the population is of Chinese descent so one New Year's tradition in Perú is to touch a Chinese lion. The Spanish ring in the new year by eating 12 grapes at midnight to represent the 12 strokes of midnight that begin the New Year. In Columbia people make papier mâché figures to represent the "old year". At midnight they burn the figures to represent starting fresh in the New Year.
I always think it is interesting to learn how many different ways to celebrate the same holiday. Everyone has such unique customs that get passed down from year to year.
