Yesterday was old Christmas Day (as my Granny called it) Here in Mexico it is an exciting day for the children, as this is the day they recieve their gifts....not Christmas morning. So there were parades galore and adults dressed up as the 3 kings showering the children with candy as they stood in the back of a pick up truck, music blaring! We were up on the second story terrace, playing bridge, but we and waved to the passing procession and they threw candy to us too! What fun. It is the delightful unexpected things like this that makes Mexico feel like a new day every day! These people "live in the moment" and we do too!
Last evening as Jack told you, we went up to the main plaza to an outdoor restaurant for dinner. I ove going to the plaza on Sundays as it is always filled with Mexican families enjoying one another. They have these eggs.....I don't know what they are made of....but the custom seems to be to break these eggs over the children's heads and a shower of confetti falls over the children! They love it. Everyone laughs and hugs and life goes on. Such joy in simple things. How unspoiled these people are. It is refreshing to see.
Well, those are my impressions of "Three Kings Day". I wonder what will happen tomorrow?....
Kate
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