Traditional Christmas Greeting: "Felices Pascuas"
Location: Caribbean
Tree Type: Traditional

Decorations:
- The tree is decorated to symbolize the musical groups (Parranda) that go from door to door during the six weeks of Christmas celebrations.
- The poinsettia represents the flower that grows all over the island and blooms from Christmas to Easter.
- The three crowns represent the Magi.

Traditions:
One Puerto Rican holiday custom, called Parranda, would certainly remind people that Christmas is approaching should they somehow have forgotten. In this tradition, carolers known and trullas appear at someone's home, usually unannounced. They sing, play strings, and beat drums until they are invited in for refreshments. When they leave some time later, the host often goes with them to help surprise and sing for the next victim. A group of Trullas will often perform several Parrandas between ten at night and 4 o'clock in the morning.

Many of them rise or stay awake for a special pre-sunrise mass known as Miso de Aguinaldo. This mass is held or several days before Christmas Eve, Nochebuena. Nochebuena brings with it the midnight Miso de Gallo, or Mass of the Rooster, as well as the festive holiday meal. The meal usually includes lechon asado (roast pig), arroz con gandules (rice cooked with pigeon peas), and pastelles (shredded meat, rice, and cassave boiled in plantain leaves). Dessert of Coquito (sweet drink with coconut, evaporated milk, and rum), tembleque (coconut pudding), and arroz con dulce (rice with coconut milk and raisins) usually follows. The 25th is almost always spent visiting with family and friends.

Puerto Ricans observe another feast on December 28 for the Day of the Holy Innocents. This day commemorates the children who were slaughtered in King Herod's attempts to kill the baby Jesus. In addition to prayer, one tradition in Puerto Rico is to play pranks on modern Holy Innocents. In this case, ‘holy innocents' is defined as anyone who will fall for the pranks.

Most families exchange presents only for the Three Kings Day, Dia de Reyes. Children fill shoeboxes with grass fore the Kings' camels and awaken the next morning to find them filled with toys and sweets instead. Though for many the Christmas season ends with this tradition, some still celebrate the Octavitas, or little Octaves that continue the Christmas festivities for eight more days before returning to normal activities.