By Kamil Kenders
HAVANA TIMES – At almost 40 years old, I still remember those family gatherings. We never had Christmas trees or gifts under them, no chocolates, or delicacies. Beer and rum were always present and never ran out as they are part of Cuban culture, like our way of cooking black beans and rice, pork, and yucca with mojo (a typical garlic sauce). Christmas was the perfect excuse to gather the family once a year.
My grandfather used to say that Christmas emotions had left with the arrival of the 1959 Revolution. I truly understood the meaning of his words only as an adult. Although food was never lacking at home, the Christmas spirit had faded with time. Most of my family is living across the globe. Some are in Europe, others in the United States and South America, and there t
