La Noche Buena!
Or Christmas Eve as it is known. We have made it all the way down to the unnamed port city to the south where we own a small townhouse. Today Carmen and I went out on one long rush and got the rest of our Christmas shopping done. What a relief. There are so many more people and cars and everything than last year. Maybe that means it will be a good year for the merchants.
Carmen and I were listening to a Spanish station today - hope that doesn't drive Joey too wild. One of the lines in one of their own weird little Christmas songs was roberan la lechon! Or, "someone stole the roast pig!" Lachon, or roast pig, is a traditional Christmas dish among the Cubans and Spaniards down here. As Carmen discovered when she went to her church Christmas dinner in Wilkesboro, it is not among the Mexicans. She had to explain it to them.
So now it is nealy nine, Carmen is fixing dinner, and we have hours of wrapping to look forward to, as we settle into our little townhouse with the sister-in-law, the little lummox, his pal Georgie, and three cats (three other cats were shipped off to the kitty motel for the holidays).
Too much fauna, if you ask me.
Or Christmas Eve as it is known. We have made it all the way down to the unnamed port city to the south where we own a small townhouse. Today Carmen and I went out on one long rush and got the rest of our Christmas shopping done. What a relief. There are so many more people and cars and everything than last year. Maybe that means it will be a good year for the merchants.
Carmen and I were listening to a Spanish station today - hope that doesn't drive Joey too wild. One of the lines in one of their own weird little Christmas songs was roberan la lechon! Or, "someone stole the roast pig!" Lachon, or roast pig, is a traditional Christmas dish among the Cubans and Spaniards down here. As Carmen discovered when she went to her church Christmas dinner in Wilkesboro, it is not among the Mexicans. She had to explain it to them.
So now it is nealy nine, Carmen is fixing dinner, and we have hours of wrapping to look forward to, as we settle into our little townhouse with the sister-in-law, the little lummox, his pal Georgie, and three cats (three other cats were shipped off to the kitty motel for the holidays).
Too much fauna, if you ask me.
posted by Clemens | 8:24 PM
2 Comments:
I listen to Spanish stations occasionally (CNN en Espanol XM126, Aguila XM92 for example). What drives me crazy is when Hispanics (and this is a small minority within the Hispanic population) that don't or "don't" speak English are living in a separtist world.
Also, how many English speaking radio stations do you hear saying stuff like "We got some deals for White people! Finally a car dealership for our people!"
At INROADS, a fewer guest speakers said, in Spanish, things like "Ah it is great to see all these Latino faces in the crowd, give yourselves a hand!"
Besides being ridiculous it flies against the tradition of American immigrants. Get in, get assimilated, contribute something from your culture that is cool, and think of yourself as one of us.
--Joey
English speaking radio stations, especially NPR, don't have to say it. It's understood. And some black stations do explicitly say it in regard to black businesses. It's life in America, so get over it Joey!
(but I think I've said this before - are there any Amish stations?)
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