An Amalgamation of Celebrations
As a Puerto Rican American and first-generation immigrant to the mainland, the celebration of the Christmas holidays can be described with two words: cultural amalgamation.
While we are proud Americans, we are also deeply Puerto Rican and tied to the broader Latino and Spanish cultures with their diverse traditions.
The fact that all Puerto Ricans have American citizenship and come and go freely between the island and the mainland allows us to traverse very different cultures with Christian traditions that bind us and allow us to find common ground with mainland Americans who are culturally different from us.
First and foremost, we are a Latino people with deep respect for Latin American and Spanish traditions.
Cultural amalgamation.
Author's summary: Cultural traditions blend.