Rocking Baby Jesus On Christmas Eve

Rocking baby jesus is another mexican tradition born from the posadas.

Rocking baby jesus on christmas eve.

Fold arm as if rocking a baby. This day will also see the last of the posadas and the time when the baby jesus will be placed in the nativity scene cradle. Mexican catholics have their own images of the child jesus which is honored and celebrated during the christmas season especially on. Celebrants sing a la rorro niño which is the spanish version of rock a by baby.

A children s christmas nativity 2016 mus. Christmas eve noche buena most mexican families will celebrate their main christmas meal on christmas eve around midnight or after a late mass for religious followers. The magi wise men start their journey to find the christ child on christmas eve. The niño dios literally child god of mexico is a tradition of venerating the child jesus in mexico which has taken root from the time it was introduced in the 16th century and then syncretized with pre hispanic elements to form some unique traditions.

So starting on christmas eve you could begin to hide the wise men around the house each night and have the children hunt for them up until three kings night january 6th. A christmas eve sermon like most of you i grew up singing away in a manger and i pretty much assumed that the angels must have taught th o se very words and that very tune to the shepherds that night out in the fields and that christians around the world have been singing it ever since for two thousand years. The baby jesus is not added until midnight on christmas eve and the three kings do not appear in the scene until january 6th. Baby jesus is put in the scene on christmas eve by the youngest child in the family.

During christmas eve before putting the baby jesus doll inside the nacimiento the posada party rocks him with a lullaby called a la rorro niño mexican version of rock a by baby that usually comes inside the posada litany sheet booklet. The cry of baby jesus oh so dear. Farmer in the dell jesus christ is born jesus christ is born fold arms as if rocking a baby a star shines in bethlehem make a diamond shape over head with fingers jesus christ is born. From the christmas musical 3 wise men and a baby by pam andrews presented by the immanuel lutheran church children s choir directed by traci mosher rockin baby jesus ccli 4331117 by pam.

Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises mary rocking baby jesus rehearsal version golden apple rejoice. On christmas eve before baby jesus is placed within the nativity scene he is rocked by the posada party prayed over and sang to.