Hola Chulas y Chulos! How you doin’? Ready for my favorite time of the year? Now, you can call the season “wintertime” or “the holidays,” but those of us in the know call it peak tamal season.

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Since I speak Spanish and English, I am of course bringing up issues that come up for people who speak those two languages, but I’m sure much of this applies to people who speak any two languages.

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1. They start begging for love like you are some kind of love miser.

All day long you give ‘em smooches and snuggles and they wipe off the kisses and push you away, but as soon as it’s time to go to sleep they start begging for love.

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Being born and raised in the United States by a Mexican mother, my life has always been bicultural and I love it. Part of the beauty of being bicultural is that I get to celebrate some holidays in more than one way.

Continue reading "15 Tweets That Perfectly Describe What Mexican Christmas is Like" at By Claudya.

Sometimes you don’t even know how badly you need a laugh until you get a good laugh in and end up feeling all refreshed and rejuvenated.

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Let me tell you something about myself that I know to be true: I may be goofy, I may be funny, I may be insecure at times, but above all else, I am a survivor.

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Hijos de la Chancla, get ready to be amazed by the mad chancla skills of a mom whose aim is so precise that she can open a bottle of hot sauce by throwing her chancla at it.

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Hola Chulas y Chulos! How’s it smackin’? I have a story to tell you and it involves Cholula hot sauce, Bob Saget, the internet and a plate of nachos. 

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My flying chancla and I are so impressed by a viral video of a mom whose skills with a chancla are the stuff of legends.

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Once upon a weekend, my husband and I were minding our own business when our two daughters stormed into our bedroom and demanded a piano.

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I did not grow up with the whole Elf on the Shelf tradition. I didn’t even hear about it until I had kids and frankly, when I did hear about it, I wasn’t all that into it ’cause it’s kind of weird to have a doll keeping an eye on you and moving around your home as it pleases. 

But this year my eldest daughter started talking about it and I thought it might be a fun little tradition to add to our holiday repertoire.

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My Dearest Hijos/as/x de la Chanclada, my flying chancla and I are always on the lookout for culturally relevant things to share with you. Well, hold on to your nalgas because we found a freakin’ sombrero for your tea and if that’s not culturally relevant then we don’t know what is! 

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OMAIGA, you guys! I’ve been such a flake about posting Friday Five by Claudya on IGTV videos. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that LIFE!

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Can we all just be totally transparent and admit that the images we share of ourselves online tend to be the most flattering ones we have?

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The stars have aligned in a way that has made the seemingly impossible possible on this planet: Avocado lovers can get paid to eat an avocado a day! 

This is NOT a lie! 

Say what?

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Hola Hijos de la Chanclada! My flying chancla and I are laughing our pompis off after watching a video where a  Latina mom throws her chancla at someone we assume is her daughter doing the Shiggy Challenge and of course, we have to share it with you.

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I’m not knocking men or trying to be controversial by comparing them to tacos. I’m really not because the truth is that there is NO comparison.

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This week’s The Flying Chancla Report is a cautionary tale of how the use of a chancla got Hattie Reynolds, a 95-year-old grandmother from Daytona Beach, Florida arrested.

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Hola Chulas y Chulos! Greetings to you from me and my flying chancla.

Today we came across a crazy challenge that Taco Del Mar in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia has issued for Cinco de Mayo. 

What’s the burrito challenge? 

There’s a 5 pound burrito challenge coming to Metro Vancouver!

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Hola Chulas y  Chulos! My chancla and I spent some time on the internets this week taking notes. Here’s what we found to be noteworthy… 

I’m such a fan of winged eyeliner and I’m always on the lookout for a great one.

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