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I hope you had a great, restful holiday.

Over my days off, I’ve enjoyed a little time back in Orange County, where I’ve been reading about your holiday traditions.

Mona Tehle wrote that her family always makes time for a couple hours of Lotería.

“I learned to play as a child from my Mexican grandmother and South Texas cousins, and my sons learned from my mother and their cousins,” she said. “Even though we are all adults now, we continue this tradition that I hope my kids will eventually pass on to their offspring.”

Tom Levy, for instance, leaves Oakland with his spouse and son, now 14, during Christmas week to go cross-country skiing in Bear Valley.