In the American Southwest, there’s a Christmas Eve tradition of decorating and visiting the graves of loved ones. Hispanic families will line graves with luminarias, simple paper bags weighted with sand and glowing with the light from a single votive candle. Catholic cemeteries in New Mexico are very busy places on Christmas Eve. Acres of graves illuminated by luminarias glow throughout the night. The number of visitors rivals cemetery traffic on Memorial Day weekend. You don’t have to be … [Read more...] about Luminarias on Christmas Eve
