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54 The Unforgettable Moments in Life

Her Forever Favorite Holiday

By Diana A.

My mom is the mother of seven kids and

grandmother to eight children. My mom is a very

kind person and always helps out people, especially

my family.

When she was a little girl, she spent her favorite

holiday in Mexico. She was born in La Caja Irapuato,

Guanajuato. Her favorite holiday is Christmas and

the whole month of December. Her memories of

Christmas as a child are very special. Christmas was

her favorite holiday because it is when they would

celebrate Jesus being born. In Mexico, they wouldn't get gifts because there wasn't enough work.

When it was Christmas Eve, my grandma and my momś aunts would make tamales, but

they would have to go to this one place to get real maize, which is corn flour. They would wake

up very early in the morning to go because a lot of people would go and the line would be very

long. When they returned home and started prepping everything, my mom would help my mom

blend the tomatillo. When they placed the red sauce and a piece of meat in the hoja, it would

smell so good but spicy. It would smell like that all day because everyone would be making

tamales.

After they were done making tamales, they would all sit and wait for the tamales to be ready

and watch the sunset. Meanwhile, all the kids would get ready, especially my mom because

everyone would go to my grandma's house and have a fire pit. When everyone was there, they

would make canela, which is cinnamon tea or coffee. Everyone would eat their tamales and sing