Keeping my Cuban family's Noche Buena tradition alive means roasting a pig I long ago decided never to eat.
I called the slaughterhouse and they told me the pig would be ready in time for Christmas. My stomach turned a bit, the first of many turns until Christmas Eve. I can imagine the pig already: cute little snout, bristling, a regular Peppa. I shake the thoughts from my head. ‘Tis the season, after all, not of the sacrificial lamb, but of the sacrificial cochinito. Because Noche Buena is upon us—even me, the vegetarian.
Noche Buena literally translates into “good night,” and for Cubans and other cultures, like Mexicans and Filipinos, it’s what we call Christmas Eve. Whereas many cultures place the celebration emphasis on Christmas day itself—the day of Jesus’ birth—we’re all about the pre-game. Noche Buena is, in essence, that last hurrah before the baby comes.
"That pig roast was a playground and a field of learning. I learned to play dominoes around it, and to dance and play the guiro." That pig roast was a playground and a field of learning. I learned to play dominoes around it, and to dance and play the. I breathed in Miami winter air, crisp and fresh, as I ran around el patio and played basketball with my cousins on a makeshift court. The carefully coiffed bows my mom set on my sister’s head and mine unfurled into loose curls as the excitement of the day ensued. The sound of Cuban Spanish danced all around us as the skin of the pig became toasty and crisp like candy.
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