"Tamales have been a cherished part of Christmas celebrations for generations ... Jinich is a chef, cookbook author and the host of "Pati's Mexican Table" and "La Frontera" on PBS.

It is all the more proof the Mexican and American zeitgeists refuse to imagine a birthday party or a Christmas posada without a jovial piñata swinging in their midst. Even covering one's eyes as ...

A born-and-raised Southern Californian with a big Mexican American family, I had never known a Christmas without a pile of corn husk-wrapped tamales waiting next to a honey ham and the half dozen ...

I couldn't understand all the lyrics — the Spanish was centuries old, and my family lost our Indigenous language long ago.

The performance includes traditional Mexican carols and familiar American holiday classics and can be enjoyed by the entire family. ©2024 The San Diego Union-Tribune.