Boy, am I a lousy typist or what, I apologize for all the typos in my
previous post. About traditions, my mother use to make buñuelos for
christmas, think buñuelos like a flour tortilla fried and sprinkled
with sugar and cinnamon on top, but once you extend the dough into the
tortilla shape you have to let it air dry before frying it. One time
mom made a large batch, we have to set many tables in the back yard to
let the buñuelos dry, my sisters would make the buñuelos, my brothers
and i put them to dry and pick up the dry ones and mom would do the
frying, it took us the whole afternoon, but we made about 400 that
time, something I never knew why was that in the hot oil there had to
be a silver coin, anybody knows why?.

saludos.

wrote:
> FYI , Hot chocolate is he non mexican version of chocolate caliente,
> chocolate is native from mexico. chapurrado is a chocolate atole, a mix
> of chocolate, vainilla and corn dough (or masa de maiz) cinnamon and
> milk or water. And yes it is served in christmas time.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champurrado_%28beverage%29
>
> another christmas tradition is bueñuelos:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu%C3%B1uelos
>
> Also tamales dulces, empanadas, hojarascas (small polvorones).
>
> Capirotada, in my experience, is rather served in easter, bot some
> people does serve it at christmas too.
>
> Saludos
>
> Rolly wrote:
> > Champurrado is a Mexican version of hot chocolate that is traditionally
> > served with tamales at Christmas time.
> > http://rollybrook.com/champurrado.htm
> >
> > A special bread pudding called Capirotada is usually served at
> > Christmas. http://rollybrook.com/capirotada.htm
> >
> > And sweet Empanadas are often part of the holidays.
> > http://rollybrook.com/empanada-sweet.htm
> >
> > As well as Buñuelos. http://rollybrook.com/bunuelos.htm
> >
> > Ponche, hot fruit punch, is another holiday favorite.
> > http://rollybrook.com/ponche.htm