I am so happy you brought this up. I was curious about that, too. This year we are planning on something different, which is a bit intimidating for me. I'm so used to doing most of the holidays with my family and visiting his family on Christmas Eve for a little while, but this year we're doing it differently.
Thanksgiving, I'm still not sure what we're doing. I don't even know if I'm supposed to cook something or what I'm supposed to cook if we go with his family. Same issue for Christmas. I don't understand their holiday customs, yet.
In the past, the men went in one room to drink and smoke while the women were in another room with all the kids and doing all the cooking. I usually end up sitting in silence, really bored, because I have nothing to say and I really hate segregation of the sexes. Especially when they only crack the door open and yell, "Mija, traeme una cerveza!" and that's all I hear from my husband the whole night. That is not my idea of holiday fun. Plus, keeping my kids up until midnight when I have to deal with them on Christmas morning isn't fun either.
What is the traditional holiday for a Hispanic household? I don't even really know it, except what I've been exposed to, which I doubt is the traditional approach.
The only food I know for the holidays is pazole, but if it's not at my house, I'm not cooking it, so I don't know what to bring. Any ideas?