Hanging of the Greens 2010
Every December, the University of New Mexico celebrates The Hanging of the Greens, an event to welcome the coming winter. The university president invites the community into the President’s House on campus for hot chocolate and cookies, but the main event is the thousands upon thousands of luminarias (or farolitos, if you hail from Santa Fe). These simple decorations – a candle in a paper bag filled with sand – are a New Mexican tradition.
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