A posada event at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center's Rinconcito de Esperanza brought together community members to celebrate Las Posadas, a Catholic tradition commemorating Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem. The celebration included a communal meal of traditional foods like champurrado, ponche, and mole, followed by the symbolic breaking of a seven-pointed piñata representing the seven deadly sins.
Children take turns to hit the piñata at the posada at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center's Rinconcito de Esperanza on December 19.Our independent reporting is free for everyone — but it’s not free to produce. If you value trustworthy, high-quality reporting like this story, please considerhelp us reach our goal of $90,000 by Dec. 31Kids formed a line to take their swing at a seven-pointed piñata hanging from a tree branch.
“This is to remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, and how his parents are very similar to many of our homeless,” said Leticia Sanchez co-chair of the Historic West Side Residents Association, referring to the hospitality Mary and Joseph sought for the birth of Jesus.
But over the years, it’s changed. Oftentimes it was the local Catholic Church that has hosted neighborhood posadas. A shortage of priests at Catholic churches has impacted the number of Posada activities, Sanchez said. “The tradition comes from the Españoles who colonized and utilized it as a medium of evangelism to explain to native Aztecs how the seven points are the seven sins, and if you have strength, you break those sins and the grace of God falls,” Reyes said, as she finished making 150 to 200 piñatas for Posadas during a Dec. 4 interview.
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