Celebrating Christmas in El Salvador
![Celebrating Christmas in El Salvador – Lights A boy lays on the ground, holding a sparkler and surrounded by Christmas lights.](https://blog.compassion.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Celebrating-Christmas-in-El-Salvador-Lights-930x620.jpg)
It is sunrise on Friday, just a week before Christmas. The morning smells fresh and the sun shines strongly. A light breeze fills the air with that cool Christmas feeling. For a foreigner, it would almost feel like spring, but for Salvadorans, it feels like Christmas.
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The eyes of hundreds of thousands of people are glued to the field. A commentator narrates the last seconds of the game: “… and there comes Landaverde with a pass from Valdez… Landaverde surpasses the defense quite easily; he aims at the goal… shoots… AND SCORES!!!” El Salvador wins. The people in the stadium shout and celebrate; the national team has won the World Cup.
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