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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I thought that was called Hanukkah !
Stitchawl
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No, no hanukkah here. Paper farolitos (or luminarias) are a Xmas Catholic tradition from southwestern USA and northern Mexico. On central Mexico I have seen electrical farolitos made of metal and crystal (21th century farolitos I guess

).
You can read more about Hispanic Christmas decorations
here.
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