Day of the Innocents – Joke’s on you!
December 28th commemorates the day Herod sent out his troops to slaughter all male children under two years old in hopes of catching and…
December 28th commemorates the day Herod sent out his troops to slaughter all male children under two years old in hopes of catching and…
Two people are dead and over 700 stands completely destroyed after a fire tore through Mexico City’s La Merced market on Christmas…
Bring in the new year enjoying San Miguel’s unique mixing of the indigenous and Spanish roots in today’s holiday celebrations on December…
In Mexico, Christmas is celebrated from December 12th (Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe) to January 6th (Day of the Three Kings).…
Don’t we all have our favorite “away from home” Christmas and holiday stories? Here are some precious memories of mine in Mexico,…
So I’ve been reading Sr. Wendy books on art lately and came across a cool painting of Joseph and Mary’s trip into Egypt to…
The Aztecs used the poinsettia (what they called Cuetlaxochitl) to produce reddish purple dye and as medicine to reduce fevers. Their origins were from a tribe…
Posadas were introduced by the Franciscans in San Miguel Viejo featuring images of Mary and Joseph that traveled to nine homes of…
As an avid reader of the International Creche Herald (don’t scoff, it exists) I’ve long been fascinated by nativity sets and the…
The San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato Writers and Literature Festival, reaches its 15th edition in 2020. Its director, Armida Zepeda, invites reading…