Christmas in Seville and the Crib Fair in Andalusia. An event that lasts until just before Christmas. Who said that Christmas is not celebrated in Spain? Come and discover all the information and traditions in Seville.
Already starting from half of November Spain also becomes Christmas and dresses up for the holidays. They start ticking for all corners of Seville nativity scenes of all shapes and styles. The Belen is a deeply rooted tradition in southern Spain, where the religious sentiment of the Christmas he lived intensely.
Next to the magnificent Cathedral of Seville, one is set up nativity scene fair, where you can buy statuettes of all types and sizes, from the washerwoman to one of the classic Magi. The great thing is that all the handcrafted items are done by local artists. The small fair, open of the nativity scene, remains open until a few days before Christmas. An opportunity to give this place some Christmas gifts not yet bought or to find some new pieces for your home nativity scene. A beautiful piece of advice is to find a new figurine to add to the nativity scene every year, so as to enrich your nativity scene after Christmas with the most beautiful pieces also coming from the crib fair in Seville.
But the real Belen festival is for streets of Seville, in the street, where all the Spaniards love to be. Starting with the cathedral and the main ones he asked about the center, where you can visit the beautiful nativity scenes, which transmit all the fervor for Christmas. The whole city participates: shops, bars, but above all the religious brotherhoods (hermandades), who are committed to building large and articulated nativity scenes, challenging each other in a competition for the most beautiful composition.
All these cribs, along with the lights, the traditional Christmas carols, and the endless queues to buy tickets for the loteria de Navidad, create a sweet and passionate Christmas atmosphere even with the 20 degrees of the Andalusian winter.
Un different place to go to celebrate Christmas it is Spain, especially in the part of Seville and Andalusia, where the weather is always welcoming and where the Andalusian tradition gives us incredible moments of Spanish life that we will never find anywhere else.
La tradition of nativity scenes moreover it is really strong in this corner of Spain, the lights, but also the life in the open air, as well as the traditions and festivals that are always found in Seville and Andalusia, make a trip here unique and unrepeatable, both with friends than with family and with younger children.
