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<strong>Latino Point of View</strong></p>

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<p>No Virginia, Santa Claus is not the lone figure to be celebrated during the holiday season. Long before the jolly, portly old white man dressed to the 9s in red and white emerged, children like you hoped for three wise men to be super- benevolent on a special morning in January. Today a pending fiscal-cliff, slow-to-grow economy and general ill-feeling in America adds up to countless kids and their wishful thinking not being a top priority in our barrios, suburbs and boroughs.</p>

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<p>Growing up near the Mexican border and having spent a few of my first few Holiday seasons in Sonora as well as Arizona, provided me the opportunity to observe and take part in various Holiday traditions.</p>