From my first holiday with my husband's family over 30 years ago, our holiday tradition is all about Christmas Eve. We gather family and very close friends and celebrate the season, along with my husband's birthday which just happens to be Christmas Eve. This day has become so much entwined into our lives, that when my college-age son was invited to a pre-Christmas vacation in St. Thomas, he declined . . . just in case his flight was delayed and he missed our dinner together. It is a time for celebrating our strength and happiness as a whole unit of family and extended family. I have to admit that some of the Cuban traditions introduced to me on that first Christmas Eve so many years ago were different than what I had been exposed to . . . I have now become used to the whole roast pork, apple and all (and sunglasses one year)! I still leave that tradition to our Cuban aunt with her secret mojo sauce! I do love when dinner is over and we roll up the carpet to dance. Over the years, our daughter would even invite friends over for some salsa lessons! I love to see my 79 year old father and mother in law strutting their merengue stuff! "Dancing with the Stars" has nothing over these two! Okay, so we all cannot fit sitting down for dinner in the dining room, but for a couple of hours we are all in the same place.
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