Cafe y Chisme Corner

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A quinceañera dances the vals with her father on a reception floor while her court and family watch from the edges.

What to Expect at a Quinceañera: The Complete G...

A quinceañera is a Mexican and Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday that usually runs in two halves: a misa or blessing at the church, then a reception...

What to Expect at a Quinceañera: The Complete G...

A quinceañera is a Mexican and Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday that usually runs in two halves: a misa or blessing at the church, then a reception...

A couple kneeling at the altar with a rosary lazo in a figure eight over their shoulders, placed by their padrinos.

What to Expect at a Mexican Wedding: The Ceremo...

A Mexican wedding is usually two events wearing one outfit: a Catholic nuptial Mass that is quiet, formal, and full of objects being handed from one person to another, followed...

What to Expect at a Mexican Wedding: The Ceremo...

A Mexican wedding is usually two events wearing one outfit: a Catholic nuptial Mass that is quiet, formal, and full of objects being handed from one person to another, followed...

Padrinos hold a baby in a white ropón over the baptismal font as the priest pours water during a Mexican Catholic bautizo.

What to Expect at a Bautizo: The Mexican Baptis...

A bautizo is two things happening on the same day. One is a sacrament that takes about half an hour. The other is a family event that takes about eight,...

What to Expect at a Bautizo: The Mexican Baptis...

A bautizo is two things happening on the same day. One is a sacrament that takes about half an hour. The other is a family event that takes about eight,...

A Mexican-American family crowded around a lit birthday cake in a backyard, singing, with the grandmother seated in front.

The Mexican Birthday Party Guide: Las Mañanitas...

A Mexican birthday party is not a cake-and-presents hour with music on. It is a whole afternoon that arrives in waves, runs on a sequence nobody ever wrote down, and...

The Mexican Birthday Party Guide: Las Mañanitas...

A Mexican birthday party is not a cake-and-presents hour with music on. It is a whole afternoon that arrives in waves, runs on a sequence nobody ever wrote down, and...

Two abuelas bless a seated mom-to-be's belly with their hands while family watches at a backyard baby shower.

The Latino Baby Shower Guide: What to Expect, W...

If you searched Mexican baby shower traditions and landed on a page selling cactus-print banners and a "taco 'bout a baby" sign, close that tab. A Latino baby shower is...

The Latino Baby Shower Guide: What to Expect, W...

If you searched Mexican baby shower traditions and landed on a page selling cactus-print banners and a "taco 'bout a baby" sign, close that tab. A Latino baby shower is...

A family stands outside a church after a primera comunión Mass, the child in a white dress and veil with padrinos and abuela.

What to Expect at a First Communion: The Primer...

A primera comunión is the day a child receives the Eucharist for the first time, usually around seven or eight, after a year or two of catecismo. The Mass itself...

What to Expect at a First Communion: The Primer...

A primera comunión is the day a child receives the Eucharist for the first time, usually around seven or eight, after a year or two of catecismo. The Mass itself...