Isidlo sangokuhlwa sangokuhlwa kweKrisimesi ngoDisemba 24, kuyinto eqhelekileyo ePortugal ukukhonza UBolo Rei, eliliqebengwana lesiko elityiwa ngeKrisimesi kude kube liDos Reis Dia (ngokoqobo uSuku lweeKumkani eziNtathu, isalathiso kookumkani abathathu) ngoJanuwari 6. Ikhekhe ngokwayo ijikeleze ngomngxunya omkhulu embindini, efana nesithsaba esigqunywe ziziqhamo eziswiti kunye nezomisiweyo.
I-Bolo Rei ibhakwa kwintlama ethambileyo, emhlophe, kunye neerasentyisi, amandongomane ahlukeneyo kunye neziqhamo eziswiti. Uphawu "lweembotyi" lukwabandakanywa, kwaye isithethe sinyanzelisa ukuba nabani na ofumana imbotyi kufuneka ahlawule iBolo Rei kunyaka olandelayo.
Kukwalisiko ukukhonza fatias douradas, rabanadas okanye fatias de calving, ezenziwa ngamaqhekeza esonka iba krwada kakhulu).
Emva koko afafazwe iswekile kunye nesinamoni, afakwe kwisiraphu eyenziwe ngamanzi, iswekile, isinamoni kunye neelamuni okanye kwizibuko okanye kwiwayini yaseMadeira. Ihlala ityiwa ibanda njenge dessert okanye izimuncumuncu.
Kwaye iPortugal ililizwe elingaselunxwemeni, isidlo sangokuhlwa seKrisimesi asikhe sibe nazo iintlanzi eziyinyani ikhowudi Njengesitya esiphambili, inikwa iisosi, iitapile, amaqanda okanye imifuno. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba ikhowudi evela emantla ePortugal ithandwa kakhulu kule mithendeleko.