Las Posadas has been a part of Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, and now for several nights each December, Los Angeles residents and visitors gather to watch as shepherds — known as pastores — ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish held its annual Las Posadas Tuesday night. Las Posadas is celebrated nine days before Christmas. It recreates Mary and Joseph's journey to ...

Las Posadas is a decades long tradition on Olvera Street, the re-enactment of the journey by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. The nightly procession, from Dec. 16 to Christmas Eve, started and ended at ...

4:35 p.m. Dec. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article said that Las Posadas is rooted in the pre-Hispanic Mexica festival known as Panquetzaliztli. It is in fact rooted in Christianity. Las ...

The figures of a Nativity scene can be found throughout the Christian world. The annual procession called Las Posadas, in which children go door-to-door seeking a place for Mary and Joseph to stay, ...