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Kids don’t always get the adage “It’s better to give than to receive.” I mean, who doesn’t like getting presents, am I right? Yet, somewhere along life’s path we seem to learn the truth behind this philosophy. When we do, it’s truly a beautiful thing. Though we know this, sometimes with work, school schedules, appointments, and all of the tedium… Related

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Traditional | Las Cruces Christmas

When I think of Christmas, I think of family traditions and I think of food. — Best-selling author Denise Chávez Denise grew up in the house in which she still lives. Her downtown neighborhood is alive with the sounds and sights, the tastes and smells, of Christmases past. “All the family members were based in the neighborhood,” she remembers. “If we were not eating tacos with my mother, we would go to my Uncle Sammie Chávez’s house. If my mother had people, my uncle had more people. He was the posole champion of the world,” she said, adding he always had a beautiful Christmas tree in his home. Another close neighbor, Rosie Maynez, was “the red enchilada queen.” “Everybody got dressed up,” Denise said. “All the women were very elegant. We were fancy. Even though we might have just walked down the street, it was a celebration of color.” Traditional Food Remembering winter holidays more than 60 years ago, “I’m thinking particularly of my mother’s biscochos,” Denise said. The traditional New Mexican dessert favorite was recognized as the state cookie in 1989. “The lard in the biscochos really makes it,”… Related

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