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of the virgin & a small porcelain doll representing an infant son carried about the room by the women & children of the family, - the procession led by lighted candles, what are called posada songs are sung.  Short halts are made in front of doors while the singing kept up & then the procession moves on around the room.  This is supposed to represent the fruitless efforts of Joseph & Mary to find an Inn (Posada).  On Christmas eve the making Posada is wound up by then placing the virgin & child in the bower already described & which represents the stable.