ʻO Costa Rica ka lāhui Katolika nui, a hoʻomanaʻo nā kānaka Costa Rican i ka Mele Kalikimaka me ka hauʻoli. ʻO ka Mele Kalikimaka ma Costa Rica he manawa hoʻokūkū: he hōʻailona o ka wā,ʻo nā kukui a me nā mele, a me keʻano o ka hui likeʻana o kaʻohana.
Nā lālā Kalikimaka
ʻO nā lāʻau Kalikimaka kahi māhele nui o ka Mele Kalikimaka ma Costa Rica. ʻO nā kānaka o Costa Rica pinepine e hoʻolimalima i nā lāʻauʻiliahiʻala me nā mea nani a me nā kukui. I kekahi manawa, hoʻohanaʻia nā lālā maloʻo o nā kofe koli, aʻo kahi lālā kūpaʻa inā loaʻa.
Wahi a costarica.net,ʻo ka lāʻau Kalikimaka ma mua o ka Haukapila Haumāna ma San Joseʻo ia ka lāʻau Kalikiano koʻikoʻi nui loa a me Costa Rica.
Nā Kuʻuna Hōʻeuʻeu
E like me ka nui o nā lāhui Katolika, nā hanana hānauʻana me nā hīmeni o Mary,ʻo Joseph, nā kānaka naʻauao a me nā holoholona o ka mea hānai, he Costa Rica maʻamau ka makana no ka Mele Kalikimaka, i kapaʻiaʻo "Portals". ʻO nā mōhai e like me nā hua a me nā mea liʻiliʻi e waihoʻia i mua o kaʻikeʻana o ka hānauʻana. Hoʻokumuʻia ka pēpēʻo Iesū i loko o ka hānauʻana i ka pō ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, ke laweʻo ia i nā makana i nā keiki o ka hale ma kahi o Santa Claus.
ʻAʻole ka hopena o ka manawa Kalikimaka a hiki i ka lā 6 o Ianuali, i ka wā i'ōleloʻia ai nā kānaka akamaiʻekolu e aloha i ke keikiʻo Iesū.
Nā hanana hanana
ʻO ka mele Kalikimaka ma Costa Rica e hoʻomaka me ka Festival de la Luz, ke lilo ke kūlanakauhale nui o San Jose i pale o nā kukui. ʻO Bullfights kekahi mea kūikawā'ē aʻe i ka wā hoʻomaha o Costa Rica.
Pōʻakahi Mele Kalikimaka
ʻO Costa RicaʻO kaʻaina Mele Kalikimaka he mea maʻalahi loaʻo ia heʻAmelika. He mea nuiʻo Tamales o kaʻaina Kalikimaka Costa Rican, a me nā mea pāʻani a me nā mea'ē aʻeʻo Costa Rica e like me Tres Leches Cake.
E heluhelu hou e pili ana i ka meaʻai a me ka inu o Costa Rica.