Writing in Spanish in a style he considered poetic prose, he begins to remember how Christmas was in his youth. He briefly describes the village where he was raised. His parent's home, now abandoned, comes back to life. He sees his father tending to the small grocery store that was their sole support, his father's military career and love of learning, his loving and deeply religious mother, her devotion to the Holy Family in their search for lodging, and the birth of the Christ child in a manger all done through the traditional "Las Posadas" - a deeply religious and family celebration that...
Writing in Spanish in a style he considered poetic prose, he begins to remember how Christmas was in his youth. He briefly describes the village where...
