Hurray!! it's Christmas eve! we are hispanic and that is our main day of the year, Christmas day is a bonus but our main day of celebration is on Christmas eve. Now we celebrate with a dinner, games and gifts. But going back in my memories, to what is left in there. I remember going to my Tata's house (grandpa) kind of late in the evening, I would say that we got to his house by 7:00 or so, and to anyones surprise.......that's when the tamales were being prepared, of course there were lots of goodies to snack on while dinner was being prepared. There was also a whole lot of playing outside with my cousins and siblings. We would be called in to dinner around 10:00, after that we would play some more till 12:00 midnight when the presents were opened. I remember being kept indoors because there were lots of guns being fired outside. In Mexico people still get crazy shooting their guns off into the sir, so anyways, we were made to stay inside till all that subsided. We would stay at Tata's till the early morning hours, and to all this, not once did I ever fall asleep, there was too much fun going on for anyone to sleep. Those were the memories of a very different Christmas. Nowadays, the spirit of Christmas is at a very low level, we try our best every year to make it a good one, but there is something missing. Maybe we are filled with a little bit of sadness for those that have already left us. Maybe that's the difference about Christmas as a child and Christmas as an adult. Nonetheless, Christmas is a time of celebration and unity.
Merry Christmas to all!!!!! and a Blessed New Year!!
To my Husband and Children, all my love and the best of me for you.
