Christmas in Olinala

Christmas Eve we went to some friends house around 8pm for a supper of pozole, tamales and ponche to drink. We ate, talked, and toasted. The kids broke two pinatas and played games. At 11pm some people headed to church for mass, while others headed to bed.
Christmas Day we spent the morning relaxing at our place. In the afternoon we went to the mountain-side with some friends, about 20 of us in all. We went to the top of a mountain covered with pine trees. The view was incredible. The smell was refreshing. The company was delightful. We grilled cactus, tortillas, chicken and thinly-sliced beef. We drank ponche - a hot-cider drink made with different fruits and sugar cane. We ate a lot of the Christmas cookies we made too. It was a wonderful relaxing time.
(We will open presents on January 6, Three Kings Day.)