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Misa de Gallo | |
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![]() Altar decorated for a Misa de Gallo | |
Also called | Rooster's Mass Shepherd's Mass |
Observed by | Roman Catholics |
Significance | Advent season |
Begins | December 16 |
Ends | December 24 |
Related to | Misa de Aguinaldo Christmas Day |
Misa de Gallo (Spanish for "Rooster's Mass", also Misa de los Pastores, "Shepherds' Mass;" Portuguese: Missa do Galo; Catalan: Missa del gall) is the Midnight Mass celebrated in Portugal and many former Portuguese colonies and also in Spain and many former Spanish colonies on Christmas Eve and sometimes in the days immediately preceding Christmas .