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Podcast: Texas Wants to Know
Episode: How different cultures put a spin on holiday traditions
Description: From putting up a tree to leaving cookies and milk for Santa, there are plenty of Christmas traditions many Texans partake in. But there are other regional and cultural customs that make the holidays unique. In Texas, some of the prevailing customs are from Hispanic, indigenous and German cultures. This week on Texas Wants to Know, host Baylee Friday explores holiday traditions from different backgrounds with Fr. Jesus Belmontes, rector at Dallas' Cathedral of Guadalupe, Evelyn Weinheimer, archivist for the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, and Liz Lopez, the curator of education at UTSA's Institute of...