"Cinco De Mayo !!!!" Topic

Ole' !!!! Yes, about a year later the French took le Puebla … But I like any excuse for a party !!!!

However, it appears with this shocking new photo … the Mexicans had help … from "cunn'n'ly disgized" aliens !

I would not have thought those guys would be "clever". Brutal and straight forward seem more their style. Nice work, though.

I thought Orko De Mayo was a well-established greenskin holiday.

Not my work ! Found it on line … so had to share !!

But yes, dey ar ah cunn'n lot ! And like to partae !!!

I made tacos and gwak for supper…

A bit off-topic, but I had to explain what Cinco de Mayo was to a Hispanic coworker yesterday. His family is from Mexico, and while he grew up in San Diego, I kind of expected he would have a better sense of his history!

Celebration of the Battle of Puebla is a kind of regional thing. It is a national holiday in Mexico, but not a bank holiday, so unless you live in Puebla, most businesses are open and there isn't a bunch of hoopla. Of course, depending on where you are, YMMV.

It's not uncommon (unfortunately) for citizens of a country to not know what it's own holidays are about. "Everybody" knows what they do on a particular holiday, but "everybody" doesn't know why.

Interestingly, in Japan, cultural holidays tend to be more frequent and much less "centralized". People tend to go to their local neighbourhood celebration rather than some "downtown" or "big deal" area. I think this leads to a better general understanding of holidays there.

Yet, though the holiday gained in popularity among Mexican immigrants in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, it remained relatively insular. While more Mexican Americans began celebrating the holiday as a way to embrace the connection between Mexican and American culture, most other American groups had no idea the holiday existed. But in 1989 the San Antonio based Gambrinus Group, who were the regional importers of Corona and Grupo Modelo, launched a Cinco de Mayo themed ad encouraging Mexican Americans already celebrating the holiday to make it a priority on this day to drink Mexican beer. The campaign took off.

What occurred in only eight short years was the holiday solidifying itself more as a time to drink Corona than a time to acknowledge the deep connection America and Mexico share. By 1996, consuming Corona as a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo was the core way most people acknowledged the holiday's existence, a huge victory for the Corona marketers. That year Gambrinus marketing manager Don Mann said, "Corona is the first thing that comes to mind when customers think Cinco de Mayo."

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Wolfhag

I made chicken tacos ! And reread the history of Cinco de Mayo and the French intervention in Mexico. link link

Viva la'Legion' ! link

Should have watched "Major Dundee" too ! link