Snow doesn’t fall in the Dominican Republic, so stories are shared about snow and chilly frightful weather, and about smoke stacks rising from chimneys before jolly old Saint Nick climbs into them during his miraculous worldwide journey to visit every child’s home. These stories are told by elders to young ones, and young children exchange the holiday tales like coins. Musicians called Pericos Pipiaos sing and play Merengue; and carolers travel in fleets from home-to-home in what is called Aquinaldos, during which the carolers are expected to be invited in and treated to an informal party.
