For many Puerto Ricans, Christmastime is pasteles season. Come November, many of us are already thinking about how we’re going to score our pasteles, a complicated, labor-intensive holiday dish.

The festive season in Puerto Rico is one of the longest in the world, lasting a total of 45 days. Puerto Ricans have their own unique ways of celebrating the holidays. They drink coquito instead of ...

As a Puerto Rican American and first-generation immigrant to the mainland, the celebration of the Christmas holidays can be ...

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. The island proudly proclaims itself as having the "longest holiday season in the world," according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.

A takeout shop selling pastelillos, rice bowls and other treats from Puerto Rico opens next Thursday at the former Andy's Chicken storefront in Fishtown. The shop, at 2001 Memphis St., is the ...

CIALES, Puerto Rico – If you need a little Christmas right this very minute, consider visiting Puerto Rico. Sure, it may not have the snow and indigenous evergreens many people associate with the ...

Leguizamo tells PEOPLE that his family always gathers on Christmas Eve for a dinner with Puerto Rican and Colombian food John Leguizamo has the perfect, annual “big Latin” holiday — and the star of ...

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