{"id":486,"date":"2016-12-25T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg.ca\/?p=486"},"modified":"2016-12-25T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T15:49:08","slug":"christmas-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/christmas-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/e5794-20161224_140341-e1482678932478.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/e5794-20161224_140341-e1482678932478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a>Another Christmas in sunny, warm Guanajuato. \u00a0This year the weather back home has been particularly harsh.<a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ab868-20161115_143442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-490\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ab868-20161115_143442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>In November we hiked to the top of La Bufa and encountered a small herd of goats that were being escorted by two dogs.<a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/18f89-20161115_143416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/18f89-20161115_143416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>December 12 is the feast day for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe\">La Virgen de Guadalupe<\/a>. \u00a0 There is one particular church here where the celebration takes place. \u00a0The long, narrow street leading up to the church is packed with people and vendors.<a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d0a18-20161212_120355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-491\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d0a18-20161212_120355.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>Reaching the church the crowd funnels to climb the steps and enter in a slow, steady procession.<a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/15411-20161212_120850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/15411-20161212_120850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/50784-20161212_121059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/50784-20161212_121059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a1652-20161212_122044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a1652-20161212_122044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>Mexico is a very religious catholic country. \u00a0Christmas festivities start with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Las_Posadas\">Las Posadas<\/a> December 16-24. \u00a0There was a &#8220;MegaPosada&#8221; held in La Plaza de la Paz on the 16th.<a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8b7c8-20161216_185654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8b7c8-20161216_185654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/85163-20161216_185627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-495\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/85163-20161216_185627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/57f18-20161216_185640-e1482680236384.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/57f18-20161216_185640-e1482680236384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a>We also went to a posada in the small church near the apartment and collected our goody-packages of fruit and candies.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are having dinner with Aime\u00e9&#8217;s family in their home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Christmas in sunny, warm Guanajuato. \u00a0This year the weather back home has been particularly harsh.In November we hiked to the top of La Bufa and encountered a small herd of goats that were being escorted by two dogs.December 12 is the feast day for La Virgen de Guadalupe. \u00a0 There is one particular church &hellip; 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