Christmas in Spain (I)

Today, 1st of December, the Christmas month [month of Christmas] starts. I would like to explain the traditions in Spain at Christmas to people all over the world in order [so that] you can know a little bit more about Spanish culture. In future compositions I will try to explain [to] you some customs deeply [in more depth] but today I am going to write more generally.

Christmas officially starts on 24th of December, Christmas Eve, although we can say that unofficially it begins [on] the 22nd, the lottery day. I will tell you more about this day in further writings. We usually have a special dinner with our family on Christmas Eve and we also eat a great lunch with them on Christmas Day.

We repeat the same ritual on New Year's Eve but this time you can do it again with your family or there are increasingly a lot of people who have dinner with their friends. At twelve o'clock, we eat twelve grapes, at the same time that the peals of the more important clock in Spain[that the bell of the most important clock in Spain rings]. Then we go out to have fun or we start the party at home. The next day, if we aren't too tired because of the night before, we have lunch with family again.

And finally, we finish on [the] 6th of January, The Three Wise Men Day. Although we have adopted other culture traditions and we also received presents from Santa, traditionally, The Three Wise Men are the ones who brings us the Christmas gifts.