On Christmas Eve my dad and I put about 50 farolitos in front of my grandparents house, and even though the picture doesn't do it justice the place looked great.
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That same night my mom made our traditional Christmas Eve posole dinner, and for dessert we had the biscochito cookies she and I made.
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To top off my New Mexican Christmas in Richmond, my parents gave me a book on the West, a calendar with wood block prints that are in the New Mexico Museum of Art, and a little note pad made out of a New Mexico license plate.
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Overall I had a great Christmas, though it would have been better if my brother Ryan were here. Hope you all had a great holiday, too!