- 1. Are you ready for Christmas
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... delicious tamales. Both of those items represent our wonderful Rio Grande Valley. And what could be better? Plus, in our family we have Christmas traditions. Christmas Eve means we all sit down together ...
- Created on 10 December 2025
- 2. December 3, 2025 - Events Calendar
- (Events Calendar)
- ... from local schools, delicious tamales, pan dulce, and warm hot chocolate. Enjoy hands-on holiday arts and crafts, shop for unique gifts, and enter their exciting piñata raffle. It’s a joyful afternoon ...
- Created on 03 December 2025
- 3. Christmas tidings are coming
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... bunuelos or tamales are generally served. If your church or neighborhood sponsors a posada, be sure to go. Or better yet if you have a chance to attend a posada in Mexico be sure to go. To make the celebration ...
- Created on 03 December 2025
- 4. November 26, 2025 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... a tradition you like to keep during the holidays? Is there a specific item that must be at your dinner table for Thanksgiving? BTW, our other one is tamales the day after Thanksgiving and then leftovers ...
- Created on 26 November 2025
- 5. Christmas traditions and delights
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... of watching Dickens Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. We still, after eating homemade chili and tamales, will gather together on Christmas Eve to watch Dickens Christmas Carol with Mr. Scrooge, who finally ...
- Created on 27 December 2024
- 6. December 18, 2024 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... Christmas? What are your favorite treats during the holidays? What also feels odd is not having tamales. It’s a Christmas tradition – that and hot cocoa. But like I said, we’ve been cutting out the sugars, ...
- Created on 18 December 2024
- 7. Mr. Codos returns to Pharr Community Theater
- (Entertainment)
- ... allure of Turkey and Tamales, especially when shared. The show is Directed and Co-Produced by Dalia Bouchée, Stage Managed by Lina Ortiz and Produced by the Pharr Community Theater, Co. with Pedro García. ...
- Created on 10 December 2024
- 8. Grab a partner and come on a tour
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... behind us. What a wonderful time we had with the entire family enjoying the Christmas festivities and the dozens of tamales that we consumed. Christmas is truly a very special time. But now it is time ...
- Created on 09 January 2024
- 9. December 20, 2023 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... We’ll soon be celebrating a new year as well. This past week we made sure to get our tamales for Christmas and we already have our ham for Christmas Eve. We still have just a little bit more shopping ...
- Created on 22 December 2023
- 10. Christmas traditions we love
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... Eve begins with the traditional homemade chili and delicious tamales. The tamales have become my responsibility. This year, I decided to try a different company – but which one? I had no idea where to ...
- Created on 22 December 2023
- 11. Cartoonist shares new prose, comic collection at MOSTH
- (Around Town)
- Author and cartoonist José Alaniz will present a new prose and comics collection published by FlowerSong Press at 2 p.m. December 10 at the Museum of South Texas History (MOSTH). The hybrid book features ...
- Created on 05 December 2023
- 12. November 22, 2023 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... on the availability of tamales, we don’t do the full thing. We have a tradition of trimming the tree on the day after Thanksgiving. The big thing, the special part, is to have tamales and hot chocolate ...
- Created on 22 November 2023
- 13. December 21, 2022 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... forward to our traditions of sharing the story of Jesus, reading the scriptures as a family, having a great dinner, and of course treats. We will also be celebrating with our traditional Delia’s tamales, ...
- Created on 20 December 2022
- 14. December 7, 2022 - Events Calendar
- (Events Calendar)
- ... host their seventh Annual Golf Cart Parade. The event starts at 5 p.m. at the town hall. There will be a posada, tamales, music and more. Contests will be held for the best decorated cart, bike, and home. ...
- Created on 07 December 2022
- 15. Celebrate Christmas in the Valley
- (Entertainment)
- ... town hall. There will be a posada, tamales, music and more. Contests will be held for the best decorated cart, bike, and home. Keep McAllen beautiful will host a Christmas Posada at Archer Park, 101 ...
- Created on 29 November 2022
- 16. November 30, 2022 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... with him – like tamales the day after Thanksgiving while we set up the tree and snow village. And we ate leftovers nearly all weekend. Whether it was leftovers from Thanksgiving or leftover tamales ...
- Created on 29 November 2022
- 17. November 30, 2022 - On the Road with Jo - Enjoy the Holidays
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... as Mary and Joseph lead a group from house to house asking for lodging. After many denials, the group finally find a home that welcomes them in to enjoy tamales, hot chocolate and other goodies. Another ...
- Created on 29 November 2022
- 18. Winter Texans enjoy 46th Tourist Day in Nuevo Progreso
- (Entertainment)
- ... Texans enjoyed the entertainment, the trinkets, and the food, which included free tamales as the visitors came across the international bridge over the Rio Grande River. The fun began even before leaving ...
- Created on 29 March 2022
- 19. December 22, 2021 - Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... fairly quiet one but look forward to getting together with friends and spending time with our family as we enjoy some tamales and whatever other goodies we decide to have. We are hoping this cooler weather ...
- Created on 21 December 2021
- 20. Fiesta de Nochebuena returns to MOSTH
- (Entertainment)
- ... such as tamales, pozole and champurrado. For dessert, the Boy Scouts will sell pan dulce, aguas frescas and sodas. To pair with the pan dulce, La Catrina Coffee will sell ethically sourced roasted coffee ...
- Created on 07 December 2021
