Because while many Mexican American households also have turkey on Thanksgiving, and a ham for Christmas, many tables all but require a plate laden with piping hot, freshly steamed tamales.

Even when we were little, we'd have these tiny little plates and tiny little forks, and we'd eat our tamales on Christmas Eve with our family. And it's just something we've always done," said ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Eating tamales for the holidays, especially around Christmas, is a tradition for many Latino families. Here’s a list of restaurants still offering preorders for tamales ...