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Christmas Traditions in Rincon

Posted By: RinconGirl on Dec 24, 2010 in Local Tips, Rincon Girl's Blogs

It’s Christmas! And in honor of the holiday we were awoken last night with a parade full of announcement trucks blasting carols, santa throwing candy, ATVs, firecrackers and squeeling car tires….. at 1:00 am. Tis the Season! The farm across the street from us is a local neighborhood place to celebrate Christmas, Three Kings and …

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Let’s try it again: 101 Puerto Rican Holidays

Posted By: RinconGirl on Jul 11, 2009 in rincon puerto rico

For whatever reason, I couldn’t get this to post correctly on the post below, so here is the complete holiday list: Jan 1: New Year’s Eve Jan 5: Eve of Ephiphany Jan 6: Three King’s Day Jan: 11: Birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Third Week of Jan: San Sebastian Street Festival Third Monday in …

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Fourth of July in Puerto Rico and another 101 Puerto Rican Holidays…

Posted By: RinconGirl on Jul 04, 2009 in rincon puerto rico

So, I was curious before I got here if Puerto Rican’s celebrated the Fourth of July. Considering the US doesn’t really recognize PR as a state and PR doesn’t tend to really want to claim allegiance (frequently) to the US, it is a curious holiday for the island. But, I found that yes, Puerto Rico …

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