How did Christmas start?

When it is Christmas Eve or La Nochebuena, as it is known in Spain, there are two important traditions - attending Christmas mass and secondly, enjoying a meal with friends and family.There is a wide variety of typical foods one might find on plates across Spain on this particular night, and each region has its own distinct specialties.It is particularly common, however, to start the meal with a seafood dish such as prawns or salmon, followed by a bowl of hot, homemade soup. The main meal will commonly consist of roast lamb, or seafood, such as cod or shellfish. For dessert, there is quite a spread of delicacies, among them are turrón, a dessert made of honey, egg and almonds that is Arabic in origin