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Title:             Statue of José Artigas in Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Author:         Frederick H. Langhorst
Description:  José Artigas (1764-1850), as the father of Uruguayan independence, is memorialized throughout the country. Artigas was an admirer of the United States, and there is a statue of him in Washington, D.C., at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 18th Street.

Dévora Muñoz Palacios

Is the parliament of Uruguay between 1908 and 1925 built as a tribute to 100 years of the Declaration of Independence.

Mateo Rodríguez Firpo

This is an homage for the last natives of Uruguay who fought for their country.

Victoria Kuryacha

This is a church from Uruguay-Montevideo neighbourhood of Prado this church is for the people of the country. The people usually goes there on sundays.

Victoria;  I think it's worth to go there on holidays and learn their traditions.
I would like to try their food and meet  with their people.I have some friends and I recommend that Uruguayans will say it's worth visiting and enjoy the party how they lives .

Mateo; For me Christmas in Uruguay is one of the most special days for the Uruguayan people, is when you feel the love of people out all the street and spend all day together. At night dinner shooting firecrackers and 12 and the next day all the children out to play with the gifts that Santa Claus left. 5 years ago that I returned to my country and the country misses the cultures and the affection of the people.


Devora ;

my opinion about Christmas in Uruguay are not very different than they would say they are in Chile, in the form of celebration is much like the time to celebrate with family and friends.

Vasily ; I think that in Uruguay should go, because there are very cheerful people that have great traditions. I especially liked the tradition in which they poured the water out of the window at people (New Year)

it's great fun .

Christmas in Uruguay

First of all, there is no such a thing as white Christmas in Uruguay, for two reasons. The first one is that in this hemisphere is summer time, the second being that it never snows in Uruguay. 

Santa Claus here is called Papa Noel, and his associates here deliver all the Christmas presents at 12’ o clock sharp. Children want to reach 12 in the night to get their presents and have fun. Yes, yes, HoHoHO! 
There are no Christmas vacations, school period goes from March till December. 

Preparations for Christmas’ eve and Christmas day include setting up your own Christmas tree.  Another thing to do is to make one little holy manger usually within the fireplace, with ceramic figures, and rock paper. Some families also leave the little Jesus spot empty in the manger until Christmas day arrives.



Christmas is celebrated typically in the following manner: families gather on a Christmas’s eve dinner, spend the evening together, until the clock ticks twelve. When Christmas day finally does arrive, everyone hugs each other, parents put up a children’s deceiving show telling them to look at some nonexistent star in the sky. While the children look to the sky hoping to see Santa Claus, parents try to put some gifts under the Christmas tree without being seen, relatives with children are looking at the stars trying to distract the kids so parents are not seen, throwing rockets entertain them or making them games.



After all of this in Montevideo the two more interesting spots to be are “La Rambla” where people usually park their cars and put music real loud, dancing and drinking by the beach, or in ciudad vieja where there are a lot of pubs to hang out.

By the way... HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!! FELIZ NAVIDAD!!