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Nine Day Mexican Christmas Festivities and Pinyata Fun
The piece describes Las Posadas nine nights before Christmas in Mexico with processions, shelter seeking, and the holy pilgrims at each home. It details breaking the pinyata as a central afterglow, the grotto scene for the holy child, and festive booths along the alameda. It notes church masses, midnight Christmas Eve rites, and the absence of a traditional Christmas tree, plus the barrio booths selling toys and foods into the night.
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Nellie Rust Jones
Mexico
Bethlehem
Nazareth
David
Joseph
the Holy Mother
Muter
Oly Pal- Brits, Honor Wy Peor Mest
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Alameda