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Christmas in Mexico Compared

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Post by gringomojado Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:38 pm

How would you compare Christmas in Mexico.with respect to customs,food etc to Christmas up North?

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Post by gvprod Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:54 pm

It is more religious than commercial
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Post by gvprod Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:54 pm

wait until 3 kings day in January
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Post by Jim W Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:59 pm

It is fun forwarding photo's of us standing next to Santa wearing shorts and a tee shirt.....NOB......
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Post by Lady Otter Latté Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:11 pm

There is no comparison.
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Post by Mainecoons Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:41 pm

gvprod wrote:It is more religious than commercial

Agree.
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Post by Zedinmexico Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:35 am

Three Kings day is the gift giving time not Christmas. Agreed more religious than commercial.

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Post by CanuckBob Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:58 am

I enjoy Christmas here far better than NOB. It's more about getting together with friends and family versus decorating the casa and busting the budget on gifts that no one really needs. Being in retail distribution for 30 years I loathed the Christmas season and never had any time off during it.
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Post by Tony_In_Mexico Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:20 am

It's louder.

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Post by slainte39 Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:25 am

I think the difference could be summed up in two words......bacalao and romerito.  lol!

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Post by gringomojado Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:58 pm

CanuckBob wrote:I enjoy Christmas here far better than NOB. It's more about getting together with friends and family versus decorating the casa and busting the budget on gifts that no one really needs. Being in retail distribution for 30 years I loathed the Christmas season and never had any time off during it.


Right on!

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Post by Zedinmexico Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:52 am

CanuckBob wrote:I enjoy Christmas here far better than NOB. It's more about getting together with friends and family versus decorating the casa and busting the budget on gifts that no one really needs. Being in retail distribution for 30 years I loathed the Christmas season and never had any time off during it.


We gave up gifts totally for each other for Xmas and Birthdays for many years with no loss in our opinions. We have enough stuff as C.B. says. We use the money to do something nice for the Mexicans in the village or pay for something to be repaired in the village. We rebuilt a sidewalk for a poor person in our neighborhood so they wouldn't have the only bad sidewalk in the neighborhood after we all cleaned things up and patched and painted things. He came out to thank me in his best ironed jeans and the look was worth all the money in the world. Stuff we don't need anymore. A better life for someone is a better use in my opinion.

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Post by Tony_In_Mexico Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:12 am

My best friend had a similar tradition, Zed. She and her husband at that time would go out for dinner on their birthdays, and instead of a gift for the birthday person, they'd find an older couple or a family that seemed as if they could use it and they'd secretly pay for their meal and leave.

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Post by Zedinmexico Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:04 am

Tony_In_Mexico wrote:My best friend had a similar tradition, Zed.  She and her husband at that time would go out for dinner on their birthdays, and instead of a gift for the birthday person, they'd find an older couple or a family that seemed as if they could use it and they'd secretly pay for their meal and leave.

What a great idea!!! Gonna steal it and try it.

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Post by Tony_In_Mexico Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:35 am

Zedinmexico wrote:
Tony_In_Mexico wrote:My best friend had a similar tradition, Zed.  She and her husband at that time would go out for dinner on their birthdays, and instead of a gift for the birthday person, they'd find an older couple or a family that seemed as if they could use it and they'd secretly pay for their meal and leave.

What a great idea!!! Gonna steal it and try it.

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In that case, where do you like to eat, and do you think large bald men look particularly downtrodden?

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Post by Zedinmexico Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:11 pm

Tony_In_Mexico wrote:
Zedinmexico wrote:
Tony_In_Mexico wrote:My best friend had a similar tradition, Zed.  She and her husband at that time would go out for dinner on their birthdays, and instead of a gift for the birthday person, they'd find an older couple or a family that seemed as if they could use it and they'd secretly pay for their meal and leave.

What a great idea!!!  Gonna steal it and try it.

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In that case, where do you like to eat, and do you think large bald men look particularly downtrodden?



Funny!!

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