The road to Navidad is always so pretty here.
There are three "phases" in Medellín:
Sept 1 - the end of Feria de las flores in August brings the first Xmas decorations into stores.
Then sometime in late October or early November the lights start going up. :)
Next up, fireworks on Nov 30, leading up to Dec 1. Then all of December is filled with events - Día de las velitas, novena, the local April Fools on Dec 28 - until Día de los reyes in January.
Still 100% atheist, but what a culture! 💛
If the world were fully secular and eschewed the old rituals, we would have to invent new ones, because we like to mark time and celebrate changing seasons and great events.
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😅 Agreed! Oh, but I bet we'd make such fun ones if we started from scratch...
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There's a short story in this....