<P> Following the Mass, there is a traditional midnight feast . Traditional dishes include bacalao, reconstituted dried cod cooked with onions, tomato sauce, olives and more . Another is revoltijo de romerita, which is green in a mole or pepita sauce, with potatoes and often dried shrimp . The most luxurious item on the menu used to be suckling pig but this has mostly been replaced by turkey or ham . After dinner adults drink ponche or cider and children play with sparklers, called luces de Belen (Bethlehem lights). </P> <P> Christmas presents are usually opened at the strike of midnight . The rest of Christmas Day is quiet in Mexico as families recuperate from the festivities the night before, often eating leftovers from the midnight dinner . </P> <P> December 28 is Mexico's version of April Fools' Day called Los Santos Innocentes (The Sainted Innocents) originally to commemorate those boys killed by King Herod with the aim of avoiding the arrival of Christ . It is also said that on this day one must can borrow any item and not have to return it . In the 19th century, elaborate ruses would be concocted to get the gullible to lend things on this day . If successful, the victorious prankster would send a note to the lender and a gift of sweets or small toys in memory of the children killed by Herod with the note saying "Innocent little dove who allowed yourself to be deceived, knowing that on this day, nothing should be lent ." This then developed into a day of pranks in general . This even includes newspapers printing false wild stories on that day . This is also celebrated online as well in recent years . </P> <P> New Year's Eve falls during this time as well . It is celebrated much like most of the rest of the world with some exceptions . One notable tradition is the eating of twelve grapes rapidly along with the twelve chimes of the clock at midnight (a tradition shared with other Latin countries), to bring luck for each of the months of the coming year . Fireworks are common and in very rural areas the festivities may include shots fired in the air as well . In some parts of Veracruz, December 31 is reserved to honor elderly men with the Fiesta del Hombre Viejo . </P>

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