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Dulce’s Family Tradition

By Gisela Hernandez Rodriguez

One tradition my friend, Dulce, and her family has is going to Mexico every Christmas

up to New Year’s to celebrate. They celebrate this tradition by having fun, going to church,

singing together, playing this game Mexican people are very familiar with called La Loteria, and

spending time with family.

One special memory Dulce has of last year's Christmas was when she and her family

visited this place called “San Juan De Los Lagos” in Mexico. This place is very beautiful, and

many people like to visit once a year because of how beautiful the surroundings are and because

their church is based on this Saint. This place doesn’t only have a huge beautiful church and

surroundings, but many little shops where people like to sell handmade ornaments to the memory

of San Juan De Los Lagos, jewelry, toys, clothes, boots, bed sheets, candy, and many other

things. When she and her family went they left really early around 6:30 so they could spend their

whole day there. Since their family was very big, they separated and went in two different cars.

The drive felt very long since both cars were crowded and everyone was squished together.

When they arrived there, everyone was really exhausted because of how long the drive

was but were excited at the same time to spend their day there. When everyone was ready, they

went to visit the church. The church was having mass when they got there, so they stayed there

until it ended. It was very beautiful, especially how it was decorated. Everything was gold, and

colorful, and had many plants, especially this one plant called “Flor De Noche Buena”. It was a

really bright, red flower. The church also had a huge sculpture of when Jesus was born called “El

Nacimiento de Jesucristo.”