Alejandro's family agreed to join with another neighbor to organize a "posada". "Posadas" are processions that represent Joseph and Mary looking for room at the inn. They go from house to house and are turned away until finally at the last house they are admitted. A party is held with the breaking of a "piñata" for the children.
Alejandro's contribution to the "posada" was to buy the candy. On Monday we went to Victoria Street* not too far from where he lives. The street is lined with candy shops... and all those shops also sell "piñatas".
Inside one of the candy "supermarkets" where you will find almost any kind of candy imaginable. Between all the candy and the high consumption of Coca Cola, it any wonder that Mexico has a very high rate of diabetes?
Alejandro filled up a shopping cart with giant bags of candies. He not only had to supply the candy that goes into the "piñata", but he also had to make up around 100 "aguinaldos", little bags of goodies that are given to each participant.
*If you are a super-observant reader of this blog, you might remember that earlier this year, we went to Victoria Street to buy some lamps. That street, which is lined with lighting stores, is in the "Centro Histórico". This is a different Victoria Street located in the borough of Gustavo A. Madero in northern Mexico City.
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