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Do you have cultural conflicts surrounding holidays?

From the lens 'Twas the Night Before Navidad or Christmas?.

It's nearly the Night Before Christmas again. El Nino, the Christ Child, will be ready with presents at midnight and Santa has presents for sleeping children.

  • YayasHome Mar 1, 2012 @ 4:50 am | delete
    My hubby grew up in a family who did not celebrate Christmas, so it took years for him to get used to the idea of leaving the tree up longer than from Christmas Eve until Christmas at noon. That was the hardest thing for me to take; a short-lived tree.
  • SheWritesaLot Dec 15, 2011 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    I love this poem! I'm going to share it at church. Blessed
  • PatinKC Dec 15, 2011 @ 12:49 am | delete
    Love the fun twist to classic poem. And I love good Tamales. Wonderful lens! (My security word for this comment is "brilliant"! How cool is that?)
  • sandyspider Dec 12, 2011 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Came back to bless this lens. Please add it to my Christmas Gifts and Blessings lens.
  • queen2010 Dec 11, 2011 @ 7:31 am | delete
    Nice lens, hoping you can visit one of my lenses soon. I would appreciate it so much. Thanks
  • ernieplotter Dec 8, 2011 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    Very nice lens! Love tamales since I am mexican! But we do not usually eat those on Xmas
  • agent009 Nov 28, 2011 @ 8:44 pm | delete
    This is great, love the cross cultural wordplay!
  • poutine Nov 14, 2011 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    Came back, really enjoyed this lens.
  • RecipePublishing Jul 31, 2011 @ 8:05 am | delete
    Wow these were really nice ideas.
  • eclecticeducation Dec 30, 2010 @ 2:00 am | delete
    I already rated this lens, but I wanted to come back and "bless" it. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Have a Happy New Year. :)
  • SofiaMann Dec 22, 2010 @ 6:26 pm | delete
    Feliz Navidad. Esta es otra de tus fantásticas lenses. Felicitaciones.
  • CreativeArtist Dec 14, 2010 @ 10:46 pm | delete
    It's all good. Fun lens!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 14, 2010 @ 9:14 pm | delete
    Feliz Christmas or Merry Navidad?
  • monarch13 Dec 14, 2010 @ 10:05 am | delete
    Blessed! Feliz Navidad!
  • sorana Dec 14, 2010 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Another great lens :).
  • why-do Dec 13, 2010 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    Pura vida!
  • Tipi Dec 7, 2010 @ 8:20 pm | delete
    What a wonderful Christmas lens ~ you sure earned your purple star here for sure!
  • puzzlemaker Nov 20, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    We are learning some Spanish this year through podcasts. We have lots of phrases we can say now and are learning some nouns. I can't wait to read the bilingual version of The Night Before Christmas with my dd. My kiddo will LOVE it!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 17, 2010 @ 5:50 am | delete
    Lots of work here, interesting!
  • charlino Sep 3, 2010 @ 12:00 am | delete
    Blessings for a beautiful bilingual Night Before Christmas.
  • triathlontraining Sep 2, 2010 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    Very nice lens!
  • Sylvestermouse Jan 5, 2010 @ 9:45 am | delete
    This is wonderful!!! What a great way to learn a second language! I wonder if there is a audio version so I could get the pronunciation right. Awesome!

    We have had a few cultural conflicts in our extended family. Some are not Christians and don't like the emphasis on Christ. Some don't like Santa and don't want him "visiting" their children. It can be difficult, but we all love each other and for the most part, everyone tries to play nice and be respectful of others opinions.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 5, 2010 @ 10:51 am | delete
    Now that my children are older the conflicts seem minor . We choose to celebrate depending on who we are with or which country we are in. The more ways to celebrate the better.
  • Sylvestermouse Jan 5, 2010 @ 11:21 am | delete
    You are absolutely right!!! It is much easier when your children are not caught in the middle of the "confusion."
  • WindyWinters Jan 4, 2010 @ 5:57 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed your Christmas Lens about another language and culture! Congratulations on your Purple Star! Happy New Year 2010! :)
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 5, 2010 @ 5:58 am | delete
    Thank you and Happy New Year to you as well.
  • eclecticeducation Dec 24, 2009 @ 11:55 am | delete
    Congratulations on your purple star!!! Great lens!!! Have fun in Costa Rica! :)
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 5, 2010 @ 5:57 am | delete
    Thank you so much. We had a wonderful time in Costa Rica with tamales and presents at mid-night.
  • sandyspider Dec 24, 2009 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Congratulations on your purple star. Well deserved.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 24, 2009 @ 10:44 am | delete
    Thank you so much, Sandyspider.
  • mbgphoto Dec 24, 2009 @ 8:17 am | delete
    Wonderful lens! Congratulations on your Purple Star. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 24, 2009 @ 10:40 am | delete
    Thank you so much, Squid Angel.
  • KimGiancaterino Dec 23, 2009 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    Delightful! Blessed by a Christmas Squid Angel.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 24, 2009 @ 10:39 am | delete
    Thank you Chirstmas Squid Angel.
  • JoyfulPamela Oct 25, 2009 @ 7:00 pm | delete
    Lovely! I love the bilingual aspect of the lens! I'll add this to one of the Christmas lenses I'm working on. thank you!
    Pamela :)
  • poutine Sep 9, 2009 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    Fantastic lens.

    Love the bilingual effect.

    I am french so for me, it would be french and english.
  • marsha32 Apr 14, 2009 @ 8:47 pm | delete
    Driving by from twitter to give you 5* and some traffic.
  • IsisAriadne Feb 19, 2009 @ 8:05 pm | delete
    Wow what an awesome Christmas story! I love Spanish and I'd love to pass that down to my own children. (:
  • daria369 Feb 19, 2009 @ 7:14 pm | delete
    Great lens, bi-lingual talks are great fun!! :)

    http://www.squidoo.com/Night-before-Christmas
  • dannystaple Jan 11, 2009 @ 2:38 am | delete
    I haven't really read Spanish since high school. This is a great lens - and now I know what Tamales are.
  • groovyoldlady Dec 18, 2008 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Taco!

    That's Groovy's Spanish for "Great Lens!"
  • MobyD Dec 5, 2008 @ 8:25 am | delete
    5 Stars! ¡Cinco estrellas! I've lensrolled this lens to my Hay Visage form Sane Ticklish lens.
  • AndyPo Dec 3, 2008 @ 8:45 am | delete
    reat fun
  • nightbear Dec 2, 2008 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    Very beautifully done, very enjoyable.
  • ArtByLinda Dec 2, 2008 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    This is a wonderful Christmas lens, very nicely done! Linda
  • Pantherart Dec 2, 2008 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    Great lens I really enjoyed it.
  • JustBon-Crochet-Designs Dec 2, 2008 @ 11:43 am | delete
    Fun lens and my limited knowledge of Spanish made it even more enjoyable. 5*s
  • fotolady49 Dec 2, 2008 @ 10:09 am | delete
    I love this Spanglish version of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, I studied Spanish in high school and college, can not speak it fluently, but remember and understand some of it. Great idea for a lens 5*****
  • sellingnicestuff Nov 21, 2008 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Evelyn, can't get enough of your lenses. This one (like all of yours)..... is a delight and emailing it to friends! Thank you for another great lens!
  • OhMe Nov 21, 2008 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    Great lens. Some of my Spanish came back from 50 yrs ago in high school. Lensrolling to A Christmas Tree In The White House. Why don't you add your favorite Childrens Book to my list?
  • Mortira Nov 13, 2008 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    Great lens! Thanks for joining the Family Time group!

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