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Holidays in the Hispanic household

Did someone say tamales?

Vanessa Pimentel

Dec 23, 2019

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Either the 23rd or Christmas Eve my mom and I go to town in the kitchen. Masa, corn husks, meat, chile, everything is laid out on the counter to make God's holy creation: tamales. Now, this is no easy task. Making such a delicious meal requires pushing up shirt sleeves and wiping sweat off your brow. Always prepare to have sore hands after doing such repetitious actions for several hours. Although it seems like a 9-5 job, the end result is always worth the tamales that last us for a week after the holiday is over. Tamales for breakfast, tamales for lunch, tamales for dinner, tamales for a midnight snack. Oh and can't forget, pozole for dinner Christmas Eve! (You may be thinking: what about a fancy turkey dinner? No, not in this house.)

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(Disclaimer: now that I'm older, everyone values their sleep and opens their presents the morning of Christmas. Trust me though, growing up this was the thing to do.) In my house, everyone stays up Christmas Eve (Nochebuena), waiting for the clock to strike 12 so that we can tear into the gifts.

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Chocolate Caliente, the hot chocolate of the Hispanic world created with Abuela's. If you know, you know. We also drink a traditional Mexican drink called champurrado, thick and chocolate-based your taste buds will thank you. It will instantly warm you up on a chilly winter night.

You're more likely to find my family celebrating Christmas Eve and use Christmas as a relaxing, family gathered day. Plenty of my family in California do the same thing. One thing we do have in common is being festive, having quality family time and gorging into delicious food to gain a pound or two. From me to you, Feliz Navidad. Merry Christmas.

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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