Nochebuenas for Nochebuena

Check out these beautiful pink and white nochebuenas I spotted in the grocery store last week. They’re a variation of the traditional all-red poinsettias but just as lovely. ¡Feliz Navidad!

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Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas by the fireplace

I spotted my first nochebuenas of the season last weekend and couldn’t resist buying some to decorate by my fireplace! Learn more about poinsettias and how they came from Mexico in my post from last year. If you love nochebuenas, take a photo of yours and post it to The Other Side of The Tortilla’s [...]

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Las Posadas Navideñas

Thursday this week began las posadas navideñas, the nine days of annual Christmas celebrations that culminate with a big celebration on Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve. The nine days symbolize each of the months that Mary was pregnant, and that’s also why Christmas Eve is more celebrated in Mexico than Christmas Day like in many [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas

This past weekend I saw the first Nochebuenas of the holiday season! Did you know that Poinsettia flowers originally came from Mexico? Just a few hours outside of Mexico City, the first poinsettias were discovered in the valleys of Taxco and Cuernavaca but it wasn’t until after the Spanish conquest that they were incorporated as [...]

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