Spanish Holiday Traditions: Rebajas

Since I will be spending another holiday season here in Spain, I have decided to do a series of posts about holiday traditions that are important when celebrating. Some of them are similar to those back home, others are quite different. I hope you enjoy learning a bit about what we do here to celebrate the season!

Rebajas

The day after everyone celebrates with the coming of the Three Wise Men (January 6th) and right after they have bought and given out lots and lots of gifts to family and friends is when one of the two HUGE annual sales begins here in Spain. These sales are called rebajas. It is a time in which companies sell off the last season´s merchandise (most often clothes) in order to make room for the new.


As you can imagine, in a country where there are only 2 times a year with markdowns, the rebajas can get pretty crazy. Especially during the first few days as people try to snatch up good deals. Think Black Friday but without the reported violence.

I myself don´t enjoy the rebajas. For me, it is not worth the time or the effort to dig through rack after rack of already ransacked clothes and then have to wait an eternity just to try it on, followed by another lifetime waiting to check-out. This year we might venture out because Jose could use some new clothes for work but just thinking about it makes me cringe. We´ll see how it goes...

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