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A Poor Christmas for Latino Elders on LA Streets
*Don’t mean to dampen your holiday mood, but this is important and not only in LA: “Twelve percent of the 7.1 million people the Regional Food Bank serves annually, more […]
Some Christmas Wishes
*We made Henry’s list. More good news to report! VL By Henry Flores, NewsTaco (2 minute read) I was pondering what to write about in my next column when it […]
12 Latino Holiday Festivities And Traditions That Are Bigger Than Christmas Itself
*This is from a 2015 post, but the list still stands. Tomorrow night is Noche de Rábanos. VL By Tanisha Love Ramirez, The Huffington Post (6minute read) Santa Claus, reindeer and jingle […]
Laredo Christmas: The Nacimiento Tradition
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco This our Christmas gift to you. Acatually, we’re tagging along with Ito Romo and Ray Santisteban who produced this short film. It’s a tribute to Ito’s […]
The Mexican-American producer who made one of the most beloved Christmas specials of all time
*A Charlie Brown Christmas turned 50 this year. What better time to recognize the genius behind the classic animated film, Bill Melendez. His company produced 70 more Peanut specials. VL […]
Why Latinos have the best Christmas Season
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco While the rest of the world is packing Christmas in boxes, stowing them away for another year, people across Latin America and Spain are still making […]
Latino Traditions and the American Christmas Experience
By Latino Post Latin America has had an impact on the United States for longer than most people, including most Latinos themselves, even realize. Just like the Spanish-language origins of […]
For some Latino families, Christmas comes a day early
By Hector Becerra, The Los Angeles Times Santa Claus never came to our home in Boyle Heights. Not even in a half-baked disguise. But if he had shown up on […]
Christmas Recipe: Buñuelos de Viento
By Chef Aldo Saavedra, La Vitamina T Ingredients: 2 eggs 1 tbsp water 2 tablespoons oil 2 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk 1 1/ 4 cup wheat flour 1/2 tsp […]
Nothing Says Christmas and Santa Claus Better than René Cardona’s SANTA CLAUS (1959)!
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio “Mexicans,” the Devil, and Mucho Mas More! More on René Cardona’s masterpiece here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_(1959_film). Info on its Mystery Science Theatre treatment is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0655448/ Here is a […]