Christmas In Portugal By Cassie

Location It is located in Europe on the west side of Spain. It is on the northeastern hemisphere. It’s highest point is Satsuma Central, as 1993 meters high. It’s major source of water is the Taga River.

Climate Its climate is hot most of the year. It has a Mediterranean climate . In some places it can see about 3,000 mm of rain, others see about 300 mm of rain. Their winters are around 64.4 degrees. Their summers can be around 113 degrees.

Flag and Religion Most people in Portugal are Christian. There flag is 2/5 green and 3/5 red. There is a shield in the place where the two colors meet. Red stands for revolution, green stands for hope, and the shield with 5 points stands for christs 5 wounds. Red = revolution Green= hope Shield and 5 points= 5 wounds of Christ

Christmas In Portugal they celebrate Christmas. They gather around a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and open there gifts at midnight . To say “Merry Christmas” in Portugal you say “Feliz Natal”. A traditional Christmas meal in Portugal is boiled cod fish. They decorate their house with paper and flowers.

Why To Visit A reason to visit is because it traditions aren't to different from our own. They come together as a family like we do. There are many reasons to visit like it is by beaches and has huge mountains to climb. There is Praca de Comerico a beautiful plaza in Lisbon, St. Jorge Castle , and Evora.

The People The citizens of Portugal are referred to as “Portuguese”. The main religion of Portugal is Christianity. Most Portuguese citizens are Catholic The language spoken is called Portuguese. The population of Portugal is 10,642,841 citizens.

Where I Got My Information I used http://www.cia.gov.com and http://www.happywink.org/christmas-day/ . They helped me find what I need. It showed me what the answer was to the question.