Hope you had a Merry Christmas… At casa Penny we
sure had a blessed time eating, bonding and opening our hearts to Jesus. Culturally we celebrate Noche Buena (Holy Night)
on the 24th of December.
Which means that during the twenty-fourth we are busy making tamales, pozolé and ponche.
It’s a huge family party in which we stay up (including the children)
until midnight when we celebrate the birth of Christ. As the clock strikes media noche we hug one another wishing each other a Feliz Navidad and then we open
presents!
Mom Making Tamales & Ponche...
Dinner & Family time...
Opening Presents...
On the twenty-fifth we usually go to Mass to wish
Jesus a Happy Birthday! There’s usually
a nativity scene inside the parish and after Mass ends we all go up to it and
kiss baby Jesus in the manger; we also contemplate His birth and say a silent, personal
prayer. This year Father challenged us
to look at the small statue of Jesus in the center of the nativity and to
answer honestly, “What Jesus is saying to each of us.” The babes body language (with his small arms
extended out) can only be saying, “I want you because I love you!”
Happy Birthday Jesus! I love you!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Penny & Dollar!
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