For Christmas day, we went downtown to the Zócalo. This is still Mexico's Bicentennial, and they put a lot of money into all sorts of crazy things, one of which was this snow village. The weather was nice and sunny, but despite this, you could ride snowmobiles, makes snowmen, and go ice-skating. But only here in this city square in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral.Nearby, the Aztec dancers and the such were out in full force, performing ritual cleansings for a fee and selling trinkets. It was all a big weird juxtaposition of snow, big Spanish church, and pre-Columbian religion all under a beautiful blue sky on Christmas day.
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