This year we celebrated Cinco de Mayo on May 6th....Byron had a meeting and I had choir practice on the 5th and they kids still wanted to celebrate. So we ordered some tamales, made our paper bag piñatas and had a fiesta!
We Facetimed with GiGi so that she could have a virtual fiesta!
I like to think that the kids really love making piñatas and celebrating their culture, but I think it is really all about the candy.
I saw a Facebook rant about how true Mexicans do not celebrate Cinco de Mayo and that it is actually insulting to them that Americans use the day as a reason to eat tacos and drink magaritas. We are a family of mixed cultures and we like to use days like Cinco de Mayo, St. Patrick's Day and Chinese New Year to celebrate the cultures of our family. I know that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in in the US than it is in Mexico and that St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in the US more than in Ireland (in fact Patrick himself was English - not Irish), but it is more about recognizing culture to us than what the holidays themselves stand for. It is FUN and we have made a TON of good memories celebrating them! I hope the kids think back fondly on our cultural celebrations!
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