Re: [AlwaysLearning] Farilitos and Luminarias
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In a message dated 2/18/02 10:28:45 AM, joylyn@... writes:
<< There are ways to make your farolitos more
decorative. Stencil Christmas patterns onto
the front of your bags, and using an
ex-acto knife, cut out the patterns, then
tape colored
crepe paper inside the bags. >>
They'll think you're a yankee. I've never seen a native do that, but I've
seen things like that sold in magazines for elsewhere.
The bags get filled with sand or dirt about 2-3" deep, so rocks wouldn't
help. The dirt weights the bags, keeps their shape (folding down the top is
crucial to keep them from catching fire) and keeps hot wax from getting on
the wall/sidewalk/ground.
Since both luminaria and farolito mean "little fiery light-thing," it's not
worth arguing about. If I'm talking to someone in Santa Fe or points north,
I say "luminaria." In Espanola, where I grew up, luminarias were a certain
kind of fire made a certain way. They put one in front of every house in
Santa Clara pueblo (maybe other pueblos--that's the place my friends lived,
though, and that I could smoke from, from my house just by looking toward the
river). They are small split cedar sticks, smaller than your forearm, maybe
eighteen inches to two feet long (the size used for kiva-style, corner
fireplaces, or for woodstoves). You lay it in a square tower, two flat, two
across those the other way, two more, etc, about two feet high. Stick some
kindling down in the middle and light it. They light them just as it gets
dark on Christmas Eve. The smoke is glorious and great-smelling.
I've never seen them lining streets, but I suppose if you drove through the
pueblo or one of the other old neighborhoods where each family will make one,
it would seem to line the street (one per house).
I've never seen it done in or around Albuquerque.
From November through December, little cases of 15 hour votive candles are on
sale CHEAP just everywhere, here. And paper lunch bags in big bundles.
I like to collect the used candle-ends (no matter how burned down), melt them
in a can, and dip kindling sticks into for starting fires easier in the
fireplace. For a few years we had a lot of SCA occasions which created scrap
wax, but all my students have been promoted (knighthood for one of mine and
two of my husband's, Pelicans for three, and now that they're all "grown" in
the SCA, I'll be scavenging neighborhood luminarias (since I'm in
Albuquerque) for scrap wax next year again.
Sandra
<< There are ways to make your farolitos more
decorative. Stencil Christmas patterns onto
the front of your bags, and using an
ex-acto knife, cut out the patterns, then
tape colored
crepe paper inside the bags. >>
They'll think you're a yankee. I've never seen a native do that, but I've
seen things like that sold in magazines for elsewhere.
The bags get filled with sand or dirt about 2-3" deep, so rocks wouldn't
help. The dirt weights the bags, keeps their shape (folding down the top is
crucial to keep them from catching fire) and keeps hot wax from getting on
the wall/sidewalk/ground.
Since both luminaria and farolito mean "little fiery light-thing," it's not
worth arguing about. If I'm talking to someone in Santa Fe or points north,
I say "luminaria." In Espanola, where I grew up, luminarias were a certain
kind of fire made a certain way. They put one in front of every house in
Santa Clara pueblo (maybe other pueblos--that's the place my friends lived,
though, and that I could smoke from, from my house just by looking toward the
river). They are small split cedar sticks, smaller than your forearm, maybe
eighteen inches to two feet long (the size used for kiva-style, corner
fireplaces, or for woodstoves). You lay it in a square tower, two flat, two
across those the other way, two more, etc, about two feet high. Stick some
kindling down in the middle and light it. They light them just as it gets
dark on Christmas Eve. The smoke is glorious and great-smelling.
I've never seen them lining streets, but I suppose if you drove through the
pueblo or one of the other old neighborhoods where each family will make one,
it would seem to line the street (one per house).
I've never seen it done in or around Albuquerque.
From November through December, little cases of 15 hour votive candles are on
sale CHEAP just everywhere, here. And paper lunch bags in big bundles.
I like to collect the used candle-ends (no matter how burned down), melt them
in a can, and dip kindling sticks into for starting fires easier in the
fireplace. For a few years we had a lot of SCA occasions which created scrap
wax, but all my students have been promoted (knighthood for one of mine and
two of my husband's, Pelicans for three, and now that they're all "grown" in
the SCA, I'll be scavenging neighborhood luminarias (since I'm in
Albuquerque) for scrap wax next year again.
Sandra
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
ones that you use year after year. yuck. I
miss Luminarias, maybe I'll help my kids make
real ones this next christmas.
Joylyn
Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
www.4mommyandme.com
"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
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>yep! Out in california you can buy plastic
> In a message dated 2/18/02 10:28:45 AM,
> joylyn@... writes:
>
> << There are ways to make your farolitos
> more
>
> decorative. Stencil Christmas patterns onto
>
> the front of your bags, and using an
>
> ex-acto knife, cut out the patterns, then
>
> tape colored
>
> crepe paper inside the bags. >>
>
> They'll think you're a yankee. I've never
> seen a native do that, but I've
> seen things like that sold in magazines for
> elsewhere.'
ones that you use year after year. yuck. I
miss Luminarias, maybe I'll help my kids make
real ones this next christmas.
Joylyn
>ADVERTISEMENT
>
> The bags get filled with sand or dirt about
> 2-3" deep, so rocks wouldn't
> help. The dirt weights the bags, keeps
> their shape (folding down the top is
> crucial to keep them from catching fire)
> and keeps hot wax from getting on
> the wall/sidewalk/ground.
>
> Since both luminaria and farolito mean
> "little fiery light-thing," it's not
> worth arguing about. If I'm talking to
> someone in Santa Fe or points north,
> I say "luminaria." In Espanola, where I
> grew up, luminarias were a certain
> kind of fire made a certain way. They put
> one in front of every house in
> Santa Clara pueblo (maybe other
> pueblos--that's the place my friends lived,
>
> though, and that I could smoke from, from
> my house just by looking toward the
> river). They are small split cedar sticks,
> smaller than your forearm, maybe
> eighteen inches to two feet long (the size
> used for kiva-style, corner
> fireplaces, or for woodstoves). You lay it
> in a square tower, two flat, two
> across those the other way, two more, etc,
> about two feet high. Stick some
> kindling down in the middle and light it.
> They light them just as it gets
> dark on Christmas Eve. The smoke is
> glorious and great-smelling.
>
> I've never seen them lining streets, but I
> suppose if you drove through the
> pueblo or one of the other old
> neighborhoods where each family will make
> one,
> it would seem to line the street (one per
> house).
>
> I've never seen it done in or around
> Albuquerque.
>
> >From November through December, little
> cases of 15 hour votive candles are on
> sale CHEAP just everywhere, here. And
> paper lunch bags in big bundles.
>
> I like to collect the used candle-ends (no
> matter how burned down), melt them
> in a can, and dip kindling sticks into for
> starting fires easier in the
> fireplace. For a few years we had a lot of
> SCA occasions which created scrap
> wax, but all my students have been promoted
> (knighthood for one of mine and
> two of my husband's, Pelicans for three,
> and now that they're all "grown" in
> the SCA, I'll be scavenging neighborhood
> luminarias (since I'm in
> Albuquerque) for scrap wax next year again.
>
> Sandra
>
>
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Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
www.4mommyandme.com
"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
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Susan Bundlie
During Christmas season way up here in the northland people sometimes
line the driveways or walkways with luminarias. It's an incredibly
beautiful sight--the glow of candles in sparkling snow.
Speaking of which (<-----is that a colloquialism?), what a wimpy winter
we've had. It's the middle of February and there's almost no snow on the
ground at all--there really hasn't been much to speak of for weeks and
weeks and nothing exciting is in the forecast. Sigh.
Susan
line the driveways or walkways with luminarias. It's an incredibly
beautiful sight--the glow of candles in sparkling snow.
Speaking of which (<-----is that a colloquialism?), what a wimpy winter
we've had. It's the middle of February and there's almost no snow on the
ground at all--there really hasn't been much to speak of for weeks and
weeks and nothing exciting is in the forecast. Sigh.
Susan