Proof that altruism abounds in the Lake Chapala region has never been more evident than during this holiday season as local clubs, charity groups and good-hearted individuals set out to spread Christmas cheer among underprivileged families in different communities and neighborhoods.

As you hang up your 2018 calendar, you may want to mark important Mexican civic holidays, traditional festivities and special events that will come up over the next 12 months.

A large delivery truck pulled up in front of Chapala’s Municipal Health Clinic Thursday, December 21, to drop off a load of donated medical equipment shipped in from the United States.

Jalisco Education Minster Alfonso Gómez and his counterpart from the department of labor, Tomás Figueroa, were in Chapala Monday, December 18, to deliver 455 buckets of vinyl paint and 301 containers of waterproofing supplies to the administrators of 22 public schools.

A few restaurants are serving up special dishes for the holidays. Here are a few we know about.

St. Andrew’s Anglican

This coming weekend, St. Andrew’s will celebrate the annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday morning, and then that evening, Christmas Eve, and the next day, Christmas Day, we will celebrate God coming to us in the flesh in Jesus Christ.