Lloyd, Joyce, Gerson, Dana, Esly, Pastor Gerardo and Miriam. Nahum is missing because he was the one taking the picture.
La Noche Buena, The Good Night, is what Christmas Eve is reverently called in Mexico. It's the night when Christ was born. Lloyd and I spent Christmas Eve in Nuevo Progreso at the church where we celebrated the holiday with Pastor Gerardo and his family.
The next celebrated day in Mexico is January 6 which is Epiphany, the day set aside to remember the wise men who visited Jesus in Bethlehem. The tradition is for each family to share a cake or pastry in the shape of a ring that is decorated with dried fruits and nuts. A plastic baby Jesus is baked inside the pastry. When the pastry is cut and served, it's considered good luck to be the one who gets the baby Jesus in his portion. And that person is required to host the next party where he should serve his guests tamales.
Many Mexican people celebrate January 6 more than Christmas Eve. It's a very old religious tradition that has great significance. But we enjoy La Noche Buena, The Good Night, as our time to observe the birth of Christ.
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