El Interior Newsletter
1009 West Lynn,
Austin (512) 474-8680
www.elinterior.com
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November/December
2008 |
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In This Issue:
- What's
New In The Store This Month
- Holiday
Outfits
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Nativities & Tin Features
- Collector's Corner:
Don & Polly Johnson's Christmas Collection
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Nov/Dec Special
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El Interior in San
Antonio
This year, we will be participating in Hecho
A Mano at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts
Center, 1300 Guadalupe St., San Antonio, (210)
271-3151. Preview begins Friday at 6 p.m.
Dec. 5 and sale begins Dec. 6 from
9am to 5pm, and Dec. 7 from noon to 5pm.
Entry Fee is $2 or 2 cans of food.
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/
We will also be at Bazaar Sabado on
Saturday, December 13th, from 10am to
4pm, at the San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W.
Jones Ave.,
San Antonio, (210) 978-8100. Adults $3, children
11 and under free.
http://www.samuseum.org/calendar/event.php?uid=361
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Gingerbread
Decorating for the Kids
Bring the kids in beginning this Friday,
December 5th, to enjoy decorating gingerbread
men and women while you do your holiday
shopping. It's fun AND delicious!
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Be Proud of
Your Holiday Choices
We are proud of the fact that part of what we do
here at El Interior is support, with our
purchases, people with a sustainable lifestyle:
a lifestyle in harmony with the earth. By
extension, you are doing the same through your
support of us!
This year, consider giving gifts in oilcloth
bags or purses. It's a great way to give a gift
where the packaging is reusable as well as a fun
part of the gift!
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Marcia's Minute
 For
those of you here in Texas who may tire of a
Christmas season that begins soon after
Halloween and ends on Christmas Day, just
consider the Mexican Christmas calendar. It
begins with the feast day of the brown Virgin of
Guadalupe—the spiritual queen (Reina) of
indigenous Mexicans and Empress of the Americas
to others—on December 12, when pilgrimages to
the Basilica in Mexico City are a national
aspiration and her image is honored in homes and
churches all over Mexico.
During the following days (December 16-24), Mary
and Joseph’s search for lodging—Las Posadas—is
re-enacted nightly with food ,drink, singing,
and a blindfolded children cracking open a
pinata filled with candy and goodies. The
celebration culminates on December 24, La Noche
Buena, when complicated and often enormous
nativity scenes are erected in homes and
businesses, and it is not until after midnight
that the baby Jesus is placed in the manger.
Besides the traditional Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus
and shepherds, nativity scenes (nacimientos)
often include arboles de la vida (trees of
life), monkeys, scenes of Adam and Eve and
mermaids, which are considered Goddesses of
Fertility, and a harbinger of good rains in some
indigenous cosmographies. All human activities
of life might be depicted in the nativity scene.
December 25 is a day of rest; no gifts are
exchanged. On the 26th, the Miracle Play (los
Pastores) celebrates the arrival of shepherds to
the nativity scene. Customs and content of the
plays vary widely throughout Mexico but scenes
with devils, angels and various animals are
common. This is followed by the arrival of the
Three Kings, on January 6, bearing gifts to
honor the infant Jesus. The Dia de los Santos
Reyes is the principal day of gift giving and
celebration in Mexico and Latin America,
especially toys for the children. Special breads
that are blessed are eaten and placed on the
home altar.
The Christmas season closes on February 2 with
Candelaria (Candelmas). On this day, the baby
Jesus figure (doll sized) is taken to the local
church to be blessed. On returning home the
Jesus doll is dressed in elaborate attire, with
a large red velvet and gold heart pinned to the
chest, and seated in a miniature throne on the
home altar. It is not unusual for the Santo Nino
to remain up throughout the year, but the end of
this week is when most of the nativities are
retired until the following year.
El Interior takes pride in our beautiful
selection of nativities and representations of
La Virgen de Guadalupe, folk toys, tin
ornaments, angels, trees of life and
decorations. Enrich your holiday magic. We
invite you to stop by and enjoy a cup of Mexican
cinnamon coffee and cookies throughout the month
of December.
Have a fabulous season and come see us.
Con carino,
Marcia Lucas
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Monthly Drawing!
Each month we will be holding a
drawing for our email subscribers for a $50
gift certificate, so watch for it - next
month you might see your name!
This month's winner is
Jackye Wilmoth
Do you know someone who loves
folk art? Email
amy@elinterior.com & we'll send them a copy of
this email and enter them into the drawing!
As a bonus, you'll also get your name entered twice
in next month's drawing! |
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What's New In The Store
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Lots of wonderful new things in, both clothing and
folk art. We have an incredible new embroidered
man's shirt, along with some new men's Guayabera
shirts. We also have lots of new women's clothing
and some new, unpainted, tin folk art to add some
sparkle to your holidays.
CLICK HERE TO SEE NEW ITEMS
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Holiday Outfits |
The holiday
season is upon us, and that means both women AND men
are looking for the perfect outfit to wear to stand
out in a crowd. So, with that in mind, we've put
together some suggestions that will help take the
stress out of finding the perfect holiday outfit to
wear this year. Come on in - we're here to help!
CLICK HERE TO
SEE SELECTION OF HOLIDAY CLOTHING SUGGESTIONS |
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Collector's Corner |
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Featuring the Christmas
Collection of Don & Polly Johnson
We have a fabulous
Christmas collection for you to see this month
to give you an extra dose of Holiday Spirit!
CLICK HERE TO
SEE COLLECTION |
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December's
Special
RECEIVE 15% OFF
ALL PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED
Take advantage of this month's special to ship your
gifts! 15% off any purchase (phone or in-store) to
be shipped until December 31st. |
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El Interior Mailbag
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Hi Everyone,
As you may or may not know, we now have a
page on My Space
www.myspace.com/elinterior and we invite you
all to check it out! Feel free to post your
comments, take a look at our photo albums, etc.
I have just posted some terrific pictures of
Oaxaca from Marcia's last trip!
This is a comment we received regarding
the electric blue Luna Luz dress that is first
on our Holiday Outfits page above:
I LOVE that Luna Luz Dress! Blue is really in
this holiday season believe it or not! I saw a
lot of Blue in the stores in Las Vegas last
week.
Posted by Rebecca on Myspace
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Show us your project or
collection! We'd love to feature YOU in an
upcoming issue, so email us a project that you've
done using our textiles, oilcloth, or your folk art
collection, at
amy@elinterior.com.
Also, we'd love to get your
comments or questions, so submit them to the
El Interior Mailbag to be featured in future
issues of our newsletters! |
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