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Pex Mex Christmas NPR's Mandalit Del Barco shares her childhood memories of growing up in Baldwin, Kansas and celebrating a multi-cultural Christmas. Christmas was filled with Dr. Seuss's "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," tamales, and a Peruvian seafood soup. They had a Mexican nativity scene and sang traditional Peruvian and Mexican folksongs. All these cultures came together in a family surrounded by a community reminiscent of the Brady Bunch.

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Pex Mex Christmas

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Pex Mex Christmas

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NPR's Mandalit Del Barco shares her childhood memories of growing up in Baldwin, Kansas and celebrating a multi-cultural Christmas. Christmas was filled with Dr. Seuss's "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," tamales, and a Peruvian seafood soup. They had a Mexican nativity scene and sang traditional Peruvian and Mexican folksongs. All these cultures came together in a family surrounded by a community reminiscent of the Brady Bunch.