Description
Since there are two stories about San Simon it’s likely that we are dealing with an old Mayan tradition that became an established ritual within the Catholic church of Guatemala. Just like the Christmas tree, a ritual that originates from old pagan tribes in Northern Europe, has little to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. In the common version San Simon was a Catholic priest who was such a heavy drinker, smoker and womanizer that he got excommunicated. Others say this is just the Spanish interpretation of the legend of a Mayan shaman named Maximon.
