No Room
Let us In!
En el nombre del cielo os pido posada, pues no puede andar mi esposa amada.
In the name of heaven I ask you for shelter, for my beloved wife can go no farther.
Please Let Us In!
No seas inhumano, tenos caridad, que el Dios de los cielos te lo premiará.
Do not be inhuman, Show some charity, God in heaven will reward you.
Jose
Venimos rendidos desde Nazaret, yo soy carpintero de nombre José.
We are weary, come all the way from Nazareth, I am a carpenter named Joseph.
Maria
Mi esposa es María, es Reina del Cielo, y madre va a ser del Divino Verbo.
My wife is Mary, she is the Queen of Heaven, she will be mother to the Divine Word.
The Quimper Hittys are celebrating the Posadas, a tradition in Mexico celebrated for each of the nine days before Christmas…groups of people go from house to house, pretending to be Mary and Joseph knocking on the doors of houses in the neighbourhood. They sing the special Posadas song and beg for shelter.
Quimper Hittys 
What a lovely tradition….better in Mexico than in our parts in a blizzard this morning! It is heart warming to see how the Quimper Hittys carry on!
Br-r-r! No blizzard here thank goodness…I hope the Sutton girls stay warm!
So sweet and touching to see this Christmas story. Thank You.
You are welcome! I had a Mexican student this fall, who made the Hittys a tiny….present, which will be visible on the last night of the Quimper Hittys Posadas experience. It inspired us to celebrate the Posadas this year!
Oh how wonderful that they are celebrating this tradition.
We think it is a lovely tradition and the Hittys are forever finding new things to celebrate!
La Posada was celebrated in my home town in California. It is beautiful custom with a message that resonates even, and especially, now. Gotta say, though, the beard on “José” is real hoot!
Opal loved being Joseph…she says it was fun, and an important speaking part! The beard was itchy though, she took it off as soon as she could!
Awwwwwwww, so enchanting! LOL… I imagine that a certain pipe playing lad may have had his nose out of joint about not getting to don the festive beard! I hope that he gets to be a Wise Man or at least a shepherd…. I love the tilt of Min’s head in the photos as she listens to the words of La Posada ❤
Mungo was busy preparing the fiesta music, and was outside hunting around for his partner in crime, Claude Hopper, the one insect Mariachi band. Opal was happy to step in as Jose!
I figured that Mungo had to be planning something! Besides, Opal looks so fetching in the beard LOL 🙂
How endearing…and who could turn away these beautiful little souls? Thank you for a lovely pause in my day.
You are welcome, and, it is all part of the script! They have to get turned away so they can at last be given shelter!