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Clay pot to paper star: how the Christmas piñata was built

By Porter Lang Start with what it is made of, because the material is where the story changes. A piñata […]

By Isla Quinn Arches. Color. A wide brown river at the end of every street. That is the picture the

By Porter Lang Start with the label. Not the front, with the pretty orchid, but the ingredient list on the

By Isla Quinn Hold one up to the light. That is the trick. The paper is thin enough to see

By Rafe Calder Each Christmas season a plant with a plain bureaucratic name arrives in houses across the United States.

By Ines Keane Some cities were built on gold. Mérida was built, in large part, on rope. Wikipedia says the

By Isla Quinn A long handle. A knobbed head. That is the molinillo, and the way you use it is

By Porter Lang Look at the chair before you read about it. Wikipedia describes the equipal as a round chair

By Rafe Calder A brownish liquid. Add acid and it goes yellowish red. Add alkali and it goes purple. Wikipedia

By Ines Keane Four dates tell most of the story: 1633, 1663, 1685 and 1704. The first three are sacks