It’s Christmas morning here in Mazatlán.  I was woken by the Cathedral bells tolling at 6 am, like they have every morning for the last couple of weeks.  They also ring them at 6 pm, and Ave Maria is played every day at noon.

Paul and the dogs are still asleep, but I hear the birds waking up downstairs.  It’s going to be another beautiful day.

Last night we went over to Serdan, the main commercial street in Centro.  The paper said they were closing the street around 5, but at around 5:30 the cars were still passing.  Along the curbs were kids with boxes saving places for their parents to put their “shop.” They closed the street to cars at 6 pm and it turned into a combination of street fair and tianguis.  It was quite crazy.

Paul and I had fun watching it all.  We didn’t buy gifts for each other this year so we only bought a few little things (gomitas, a blanket for the couch) and people watched.  The smell of roasting corn was amazing.

We’re cooking our own feast today and will spend the day cooking, reading, listening to music, and walking along the water.  We hope you will have a wonderful day, too.