BRIGG POSADA - LOOK OUT FOR THE FIGURES

Here's a picture from the Christmas Posada - a  new event from Brigg Town Business Partnership. 
Thanks go to Ken Harrison for providing the image taken in the window of Brians DIY, in Wrawby Street.
From Spanish and Mexican traditions, the Posada borrows from the idea of commemorating Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem.
The journey in Brigg started with a procession on the night of the Christmas Fair (Friday, 4th December) and will end on Christmas Eve, in St John's Church.
Figures of Mary and Joseph are being hosted at various resting places provided by the community and businesses. 
Once Mary and Joseph have move on to their next resting place, a figure of an Angel will be left in its place as a symbol of the visitation.
Andrew Ballard, of Brigg Churches Together, has explained the interesting history of this tradition for us....
“Posada” is Spanish for “inn” and gives its name to an old custom which saw young people dressed as Mary and Joseph travelled from house to house in the days before Christmas asking for a room for the night and telling people about the imminent coming of Jesus.
A couple of years ago I spent Christmas with our family near Tideswell in the Peak District. There I saw the Posada that local churches enact every year – the figures being displayed in shops and homes on the way to a united Christmas Day service at one of the local churches.
I thought this was a great idea, and one that we could try in Brigg. It`s a way to bring the local community, shops, offices, homes, wherever together in a simple celebration of the Christmas season.