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Mexican Lifestyles Food & Dining XMAS DINING LIKES & DISLIKES | XMAS DINING LIKES & DISLIKES |
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| Written by GR Staff | |
| Saturday, 23 December 2006 | |
 ' ' We have romeros, pork, salad, bacalao (cod) and fruit cake. As for traditions ... Christmas is best for kids. Once you're an adult it degenerates into arguments about which family you'll visit. It's all 'Why are you late?' 'Who wants to go to mass?' 'Who's cooking?' I'm always glad when it's over. Elena Jimenez, retired We eat the traditional food of poor people: chicken or tamales for 12 or 15. These days there isn't enough money for presents. Christmas should be a joy. It should motivate us and give us hope that when next year comes we will be better off. Unfortunately, it rarely gets better. But hope never dies, only people die. Roberto Gayosso, newspaper vendor Interestingly, when I think of Christmas I always think of a lot of tequila. There aren't too many kids in the family, so we always have massive quantities of pork and tamales and ponche and tequila. And we don't go to mass much after my parents died. We trade presents, laugh a lot, have a good time with the family, hire a band for the posada. Martin Campos, construction worker We have a ham, pork chops, turkey, tamalitos, a lot of ponche ... and since there are leftovers for weeks, we don't eat it just for Christmas, strictly speaking. My family always lays out the Niño Dios and breaks piñatas together. Cecilia Garcia, interior designer Usually I cook for weeks: meat, deserts, the whole lot. And I make a poinsettia salad Mexico City style: beets, carrots, jicama, peanuts, cucumber, apple and fresh lime, all the seasonal veggies. This year, we're visiting family in the U.S., so they can worry about it. Teresa Flores de Perez, retired homeopathic nurse This year we'll have a stuffed turkey but sometimes my mother makes fish, marlin in a sauce. And we drink lots of ponche – laced with liquor, of course. Moises Reynoso, student. We usually just have tamales, plain posada food. We don't get along very well with our families, so we gave up a few years ago. My wife and I usually just go to the beach with the dogs and the kids and play frisbee. We tell the children Santa has a boat as well as a sleigh and the Niño Dios prefers the warmer weather anyhow. David Roman, lawyer |
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