santa claus

Mexico: Santa Claus (pronounced Santa Clos) is the merriest Mexican in el D.F. In Mexico Lindo, though, Santa takes a back seat to the Three Wise Men and Jesus (the shock, we know). For the most part most mejicanos practice La Novena, a nine-day religious observation leading up to Christmas Eve. Once dinner is served piñatas, tamales and drunken relatives run amuck . . . it’s tradition.