Janet Wilder wrote:
> Arri London wrote:
>
>> Given that is a Mexican holiday, one would expect it is celebrated in
>> areas with large Mexican-American populations. Such as around here in
>> the US Southwest.
>>
>> It is not Mexican Independence Day, which falls on 16 September. It
>> celebrates the victory of Mexican forces over the French in Puebla in
>> 1862.
>
> Here in way-the-heck-south Texas we are in a drought. Add to that the
> normally "brisk" wind and we have burn bans in all the south-east-most
> counties. No fire works for this cinco de Mayo.
>
> The vast majority of the population here is of Mexican heritage but I
> have been surprised that cinco de Mayo isn't more of a big deal.
>
> JMTCW
>
> Texas Janet
>
>
When we lived in Corpus it wasn't a big deal either and that city is
about 90% Mexican. I just don't think Cinco de Mayo is a big deal with a
great many latinos in Texas.