Add Enchantment to Your Holiday Decor
Light it up. The tiny mining town of Madrid has an outsize reputation for lighting the night. In the early 1900s, the town enjoyed free electricity supplied by the coal mining companies, which allowed…
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Tag: Christmas
Bakeries with Flour Power
WHILE COOKIES AND CAKES get much of the attention during the holidays, bread has more than earned a spot on the table. Since not everyone can be a master baker, we’ve found five places to pick up a…
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Elevate Your Holiday Decor
NAVAJO STAR PORCELAIN ORNAMENTS Winter was a special time for Navajo artist Lei Thomas, who grew up in Shiprock learning to draw and create traditional bead and feather work from his mother and…
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Baking Up Sweet Traditions
JIMMY PUNZO HAS HAD TWO HANDS covered in flour since before he was a teenager. The Las Cruces native often helped his mother, Yvette, create confections for the baking classes she was taking. “She…
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Editor's Letter: Joy Story
NEW MEXICO IS A GIFT. The kind wrapped in the indigo, rose, and purple of the mountains at sunrise. The kind best appreciated with each new trail or back road traveled. The kind that reveals new…
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Tinwork Stamped with Tradition
NICOLAS MADRID LEARNED TINSMITHING from his father, Jimmy, who taught him to make his own silver stamps and instilled in him a discerning eye. “I focus on New Mexico tradition,” Madrid says. “A lot of…
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Find Holiday Magic in Santa Fe
ON A WINTRY MORNING in downtown Santa Fe, a handsome man strolls past the Cathedral Basilica and pauses before turning to his companion. “There’s nothing like Santa Fe at Christmastime,” he says…
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Feel at Ho-Ho-Home in Cloudcroft
MY DAUGHTER, WILLA, STANDS ON her tippy-toes, looking west from The Lodge at Cloudcroft’s copper-topped tower. From this 9,000-foot perch, light from the setting sun gets caught in dust over White…
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True Heroes 2022: Kirsty Forrest
THE JINGLING OF BELLS IS A SIGN that Kirsty Forrest and her merry band of volunteers are bringing holiday cheer to seniors in Clovis-area nursing homes and assisted living centers. Last year, nearly…
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Editor's Letter: Cheer Squad
ALMOST NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU for the funky fun of your first Madrid Christmas Parade—no matter how many times you’ve visited the ghost town turned artist haven or binged the Hallmark Channel’s…
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