Comments on: Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza on SpanglishBaby!

By: Gianna

Gianna — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:40:08 +0000

We do a lot of things we did as kids with our children. Every Christmas Eve we make fritelle together, play games and watch midnight mass from Rome.

By: Eryn

Eryn — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:59:05 +0000

I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/Leighbra/status/14182338044887040 Thank you so so so much for this. Happy holidays!

By: Eryn

Eryn — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:50:41 +0000

My father in law is from Mexico, came here in 1979 & for some reason, raised his children with none of the glorious & beautiful culture he came from. My MIL never showed an interest, either, so it wasn’t until I married my husband that he started celebrating some of his culture at Christmas. It’s important to me that my kids get to celebrate this part of themselves!

So now, we spend Christmas Eve with my husband’s family. I make pozole & tamales. We then watch movies while snuggled up with hot chocolate, spiced with dried peppers, that I was taught to make by my neighbor in Mexico when we stayed there as a child. Mmmm.

I love how when we cook, we are not only sharing the foods of our cultures, but we tell the stories & memories we relate to the cooking of those meals. I have learned the most marvelous things about my FIL’s family while we cook together. Stories he never told his own children. We can not truly know who we are, without knowing the people that came before us.

By: Christine Holliday

Christine Holliday — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:50:23 +0000

My husband is Mexican and one thing we like to do is sing Christmas songs in Spanish with the kids. We try to keep them aware of the different cultures they come from and we feel the language is an important part of it.

ceemlovee at yahoo dot com

By: Sand

Sand — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:05:44 +0000

I have both Mexican and Chinese ancestry so the foods are prevalent this time of year. We make Chinese almond cookies and Mexican biscochos to share with others.

By: Beverly M

Beverly M — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:54:29 +0000

Our family usually gets together on Christmas Eve and we open our gifts. Christmas morning we attend church and then have a nice dinner, afterwards. Thanks for having a great giveaway.

By: Debbie Osborn

Debbie Osborn — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:54:03 +0000

I have a family celebration on Christmas eve with food, gifts and games.

By: kathy pease

kathy pease — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:37:42 +0000

to be honest we just have fun watching holiday movies and shows on christmas eve and doing lots of baking of cookies,cupcakes,brownies and cream puffs. christmas morning we get up bright and early and exchange gifts

By: jeannine m

jeannine m — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:01:20 +0000

Well I am Irish and I love leaving the candle in the window to light the way of the Holy Family or travllers…but other then that nothing besides putting up the tree

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:40:46 +0000

Christmas is all about family traditions. My whole family gets together for our annual cookie exchange where we eat lunch and the young ones decorate the cut out cookies while we visit. We still hang up our stockings, even though my children are adults with families of their own, and Santa leaves a little something in it plus fruit and nuts. And my all time favorite tradition is a new pair of Christmas pajamas to wear to bed Christmas Eve.