Because they are historically Christian or more specifically Catholic. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ who is the Christian savior and whose teachings form the base of all Christian sects including the Catholics.
In fact the average adult Puerto Rican does believe in Santa Clause, also known as Saint Nicholas. A recent survey done by the Puerto Rican Post shows that 53% of Puerto Rican adults believe in the existence of Santa. interestingly enough, the average Puerto Rican child does not (39%). Evergreen trees (Christmas trees) are hard to come by in Puerto Rico as they are not indigenous, many Puerto Ricans use sycamore trees (Platanus occidentalis) in place of the traditional evergreen. On a final note, most Puerto Ricans believe that Santa's ethnicity is Eskimo or Esquimaux of Inuit decent (62%).
No lo creo, ésta es una fiesta más mejicana.
Yes. The most common religion in PR is Catholic, and they celebrate Christmas.
yeah of course!
People celebrate Christmas in Puerto Rico because it is a national holiday that anyone can celebrate, with traditions and imagination, Christmas is a fun time!
They celebrated thanksgiving
.....Bueno los´´ Puetro Ricans ´´NO EXISTEN chico listo. ......Well the ´´Puetro Ricans´´does not exist smart guy.
Loudly, and with great passion.
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Christians do celebrate Christmas Indian Muslim ANSWER Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination that does not celebrate Christmas.
Puerto Rico has many customs and traditions. Puerto Ricans sing Christmas carols, and celebrate Epiphany and Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian.
We don't have an independence day.
Do we celebrate thanks on christmas?
Christian Celebrate Christmas...
Yes he did celebrate Christmas.
Peter does celebrate Christmas.