Cinco de Mayo

We arrived in McAllen, TX, on Monday evening, May 5th, and stopped in Walmart to pick up a few things for breakfast. The store was really crowded, and it took a few minutes to figure out why. It was a Cinco de Mayo celebration, with some Tex-Mex dancers doing folk dances.

We find it really funny when it comes to Cinco de Mayo celebrations. We have lived in Mexico for the last 13 Cinco de Mayo's, but have never seen any kind of celebration here. BUT, in the news, it sure seems to be a big holiday up in the states! Really, if you read the history of the holiday, it is a pretty funny thing to celebrate---the winning of one little battle against the French, right before losing the war and control of the country to them.