Chile celebrates the holiday season in many of the same ways as other Spanish speaking countries: big Christmas Eve feast, Mass of the Rooster, the importance of family. A difference is the name for the guy who brings presents. They call him Viejo Pascuero (aka Old Man Christmas). He looks just like Santa and even has a reindeer as transportation, but the lack of fireplaces in Chile force him to go in and out through windows instead.
Chile celebrates the holiday season in many of the same ways as other Spanish speaking countries: big Christmas Eve feast, Mass of the Rooster, the importance of family. A difference is the name for the guy who brings presents. They call him Viejo Pascuero (aka Old Man Christmas). He looks just like Santa and even has a reindeer as transportation, but the lack of fireplaces in Chile force him to go in and out through windows instead.