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As December rolls to an end, it’s time to meditate on New Year’s resolutions.

Anybody notice that traffic jams seem to have become a constant headache these days?

Just as our heads had begun to clear and trembling pets emerged from their hiding places under the bed after Ajijic’s noisy San Andrés fiestas, the daily roar of fireworks has started up again, this time blasting out at the west end of the village where the novenario honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe runs in full fury from December 4 through 12.

Folks in Ajijic are ready to set aside their normal daily routines for the town’s annual salute to patron saint San Andrés Apostol. The boisterous festivities get underway Monday, November 21, rolling on straight through to the end of the month.  

A heated session of the Chapala city council was underway when I bailed out of the room to answer my cellphone.

Most foreign folks easily take a shine to the Mexican way of honoring the dead through all sort of colorful and quirky customs tied in with Dia de Muertos holiday.