Rev. Mercy’s Blog
Finally! A Bilingual Christmas
This year though, while visiting my parents in Las Vegas, we got to experience my favorite Christmas movie in a brand new way. On DisneyPlus*, you can watch The Muppet Christmas Carol dubbed into Spanish with Spanish subtitles (or English subtitles if you need the option). This year, I got to laugh out of love for my parents by watching them finally fully understand all the jokes being made, and every lyric of every song. It was like a new world opened up for them, like they finally got to fully enjoy the nuances of this particular version of the classic Dickens story.
It’s Noche Buena
If you’re Latina, Latino, or Latinx like me, you know that Noche Buena, “The Good Night,” or Christmas Eve, is the night we really celebrate. In my Cuban family, that is certainly the case. Every year we look forward to the same mouth-watering foods: lechon (Cuban roast pork) or my mom’s pork ribs, congrí (rice and beans cooked together), yuca con mojo (yucca or cassava with a garlic marinade), empanadas, and turron for dessert (almond nougat candies from Spain), among other things…