(Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)] Las patinatas, which translates to “the skating,” dates back to the 1950s and involves people roller skating all night and then making their way to church for a 5am or 6am Mass from 16 to 24 December.
Faithful honor the Virgin of Chiquinquira in Maracaibo, Venezuela - 18 Nov 2024] And this is how roller skating to Christmas mass started – it became so popular that the government took to closing streets until 8am so that families could skate together in safety.
That’s right, just when you thought Christmas could not get any merrier, the lovely people of Venezuela have gone and upped the ante with a weird and wonderful Christmas tradition that makes building snowmen look positively dull.
?a Velasco, founder of Oko Spire and goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Christmas tree is 10 meters high and is a project supported by the mayor's office of Caracas and the general public, who contributed by collecting bottles from the streets and in its elaboration.
This unique Christmas tradition of roller skating is about to disappear Of all the holidays, Christmas, as far as I’m concerned, is the most fun.
