Comments on: Starting My Own Bicultural Holiday Traditions

By: Art

Art — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:04:19 +0000

Hello, Ana,

I’m trying to teach a 13-year-old El Salvadoran boy to play guitar. I’d like to use some simple songs that he would already know.

Could you list a few very simple villancicos that are well-known in El Salvador? If you know of a website that has the dots (sheet music) and words, that’d be fantastic, too. I know some villancicos from Spain, but don’t know any from El Salvador. Or maybe they’re the same?

Thanks, Art

By: Ana Lilian

Ana Lilian — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:49 +0000

Thanks for all the beautiful and encouraging comments. It feels good to know I´m not alone in my overwhelming mom-ambitions.
Although, to give an update, since I wrote this we got invited to a our friends´ house to spend la Nochebuena. So, no pavo salvadoreño this time..although I have vowed to make it next year-maybe Thanksgiving?
It will be fun to spend it with our friends since she is Mexican-American and he´s from England. They´re both amazing cooks and foodies and he´s in charge of preparing a Mexican-style Navidad feast for the first time! Should be a very fun and bicultural tradition in the making.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Carrie-thanks for inviting me to share my locuras with the Tiki Tiki friends!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:47:34 +0000

I don’t even have my own kids and I squirted out a tear reading this. hehe

By: Bicultural Holiday Traditions

Bicultural Holiday Traditions — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:04:09 +0000

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By: Dariela

Dariela — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:06:35 +0000

Completamente de acuerdo! Now it’s up to us and we didn’t really know this up until the moment we have to do it! Good thing we moms are born for this stuff and this is how the tradition in your family will start. How exciting!!! I can see now that I’m not the only one that feels too ambitious! Que bueno, no soy la única. I like your list and it gives me even more ideas for mine, je je je!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:28:47 +0000

This is the fourth year in a row I have not started our Advent tradition — a new one, as I did not grow up with it. My nena will not grow up as I did, with lots of tias and primos and abuelos eating and dancing and yelling during the holidays, but for sure, it is up to us to create the memories now.

I hope you have a beautiful and memorable holiday, and the beginning of lifelong traditions.

Gracias for contributing your words and heart to the Tiki Tiki.

By: Caro

Caro — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:07:09 +0000

Ana, thanks for sharing! What a nice Christmas!

By: Marcela

Marcela — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:40:05 +0000

Completely agree! Great post! It sounds like you will make a beautiful Christmas at home with your family!

By: Silvia

Silvia — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:47:09 +0000

You can do it Ana!!! I would love to try your pavo!!

Beautiful post, it’s so true, about being a little scare to start your own, it happens to me too every time. But you will have fun and Camilla will remember this beautiful traditions forever.

Abrazos

By: Roxana

Roxana — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:27:01 +0000

Well said, my friend! I’m sure Camila will really appreciate all you’re hoping to do. And, please save me some of that turkey cooked a la salvadoreña – I’m sure it’ll be delicious :)