Christmas Songs and Traditions in Portuguese

Dear Readers, One more year is ending and I decided to share some of my favorite holiday songs in Portuguese. Please see attached Bate o Sino, the link to video on youtube. Jingle Bells- Bate o Sino Bate o sino pequenino, sino de Belém Já nasceu o Deus Menino para o nosso bem Paz na [...]

More Memories of Christmas in Brazil

Dear Members, I hope you enjoyed the rabanada recipes. In this posting, I’m adding a recipe of one of my favorite recipes for a special “stuffing”, that we call farofa. A friend from Brazil gave me this recipe, when I told her I was going to cook our Christmas dinner for the first time and [...]

A Portuguese Christmas

Ever since I first found out that I was pregnant with my son, I could hardly wait to start sharing my Christmas traditions with him – to tell him about having Christmas in the summer, going to the beach and then celebrating Christmas!! Every year we sing songs, especially the ones which have the same [...]