As a kid, getting to Christmas day was a journey full of prayers, decorations, and food. Years later, I realize how much I love all those traditions. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

The fun part is when Colombians like Angela Upegui walk into La Candelaria – full of decembrina spirit – and start singing along. On a recent December afternoon, in fact, Upegui offered a heartfelt ...

As a Latinx child growing up in America, I was taught that the signature tastes of Christmas were peppermint candy canes and iced sugar cookies. But in my Colombian household, the season was marked by ...

Songs and dances to worship the black Child Jesus and a Christmas celebrated in February: the Afro-Colombian village of Quinamayó celebrates this Saturday the birth of the Messiah as a cry for ...

For singer Manuel Turizo, Christmas is all about family and giving back. Born and raised in the South American country of Colombia, there are special traditions he enjoys around the holidays, such as ...

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? That line by John Lennon shrieked to mind this past week. In a 10-minute span, I entered three Bogota shops. In each, identical children’s voices, ...

Adela’s two kids will be with their dad through Christmas Day this year. She and I tended them, out of school and out of their routines, for 20 days before that. The house felt very empty the day the ...

Every year, my family hops onto a plane and travels to Pereira, Colombia, to spend Christmas with our relatives. Last year, when we arrived at the airport there, I saw this beautiful poster that said, ...