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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,180 posts) Sun Nov 24, 2024, 03:31 PM Nov 24

Here in where I'm at. (Tucson Arizona) A thing for Thanksgiving is tamales. [View all]

It just ain't Thanksgiving without tamales for me. Introduced to this tradition when I first got here.
So is there anything in your neck of the woods that is a tradition that is reginal!

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Here in where I'm at. (Tucson Arizona) A thing for Thanksgiving is tamales. [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Nov 24 OP

Tamales are for Christmas!! Fellow Arizonan!! Pisces Nov 24 #1

That too. But many a Thanksgiving I've gone to we had Tamales. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 24 #7

Christmas too! yardwork Nov 24 #2

I always though that they were a Christmas tradition my relatives only had them for Christmas. debm55 Nov 24 #4

Same here but I guess they're year-round now! yardwork Nov 24 #5

I spend Thanksgiving with a Mexican family Lady Freedom Returns Nov 24 #10

Leather britches (dried pole beans) Glorfindel Nov 24 #3

Sounds do good! yardwork Nov 24 #6

My mom used to do stuff celery FirstLight Nov 24 #8

I lived in Tucson years ago when La Suprema was still on 4th Ave. IIRC. I know they're gone now... brush Nov 24 #9