The hosts for baby Jesus usually have to be open for visitors most of the time and have to share their food with those who come to see him. This can be in someone’s house or in a church and it is considered a high honor to be chosen as the baby Jesus guardian. In central Mexico, people dress up a baby Jesus figurine and take it to mass before placing him in a niche where he will “live” for the remainder of that year.
They did this on February 2, which was the eleventh day of the first month on the Aztec calendar. Puedes cambiar la configuración en tu navegador cuando gustes. This tradition also carries Pre-Hispanic roots, as many villagers use to bring their corn to the church in order to get their crops blessed after planting their seeds for the new agricultural cycle that was starting. Para el colectivo mexicano, el día de la Candelaria es sinónimo de tamales. In Mexico, it is customary that the person who got ‘el niño’ in the ‘Rosca de Reyes’ has to make tamales and atole, both corn-based dishes. Celebrations most commonly take place on February 2, marking the official presentation of Jesus to the Temple of Jerusalem, 40 days after Christmas, when the Virgin Mary has been cleansed and no traces of blood are left from the delivery, following the Old Testament’s law. The celebration of 'la Candelaria' is officially known as the Celebration of Our Lady of Candelaria or Feast of Candelaria, which celebrates the appearance of the Virgin of la Candelaria in Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the southwest of Spain at the beginning of the XV century. A man holds up dolls representing baby Jesus before mass during a celebration 40 days after the birth of Jesus in San Bernardino Church in Xochimilco, on the outskirts of Mexico City February 2, 2013.
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