Re: [ranchos] Re: Posadas

[jose munoz <jmunoz2781@...>]

My grandaughter participated in a posada in December
2000 dressed as the Holy Family. The group sang in a
procession around the church, neighborhood, park...
asking for a place to stay representing Mary and
Joseph as they did before JESUS was about to be born. 

Jose Munoz  Yuba City, Ca
--- Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:

> My husband, who grew up in El Paso, TX, remembers
> Posadas there in the 1940's when he was a small boy.
>  For some reason, just the other day, he was singing
> a song they used to sing during these Christmas
> processions.  The children would go from house to
> house, dressed as the Holy Family seeking shelter
> for the night, and when they would knock, the
> residents would sing (in Spanish), "Who goes there? 
> Maybe it is someone come to rob us?", and the
> participants in the procession would sing back, "It
> is Jose and Maria, seeking shelter", then they would
> be invited in for refreshments, etc.  I wish I could
> relate the lyrics in Spanish.  I will ask my husband
> later to write them down.  For some reason, he
> remembers the Posadas fondly (and not just at
> Christmas, it seems) a good memory from his
> childhood.
> 
> Emilie Garcia
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