Three links that are bien good, guey - by Omar

Happy holidays! Or as we say in my family, “Oye, what are you getting me for Christmas?”

I’ve got three things to share with you that are absolutely essential viewing for all Latinos. Feel free to pass them on to your brown friends, like a festively colored baton. Or, you know… a bong.

The first two come from a work friend of mine. His name is Panfilo, but he goes by “Ponch.” I always thought the short version of Panfilo was “Pan,” but then I was raised in a panaderia.

Anyway, the first link is this awesome shirt that is a must buy for any videogame-addicted person on your Christmas shopping list:

It’s sold by Tchirts.com and you can buy it here. Pues, go order!

The second link I am gifting to you, all special, is this list of Hispanic superheroes on Wikipedia. That’s a long list! Did you know that many Latinos dressed up in tights and acted all heroic? I mean, outside of your family? Thanks, Ponch, for both of those sites.

The third link is one that takes me back, exactly nine year. The first year that we did LCP, we did three shows, including a Christmas production. (That was back when we were young and crazy and thought it was normal to do three whole new shows in a year.)

Anyway, the show was called “Chuy to the World: A Christmas Mex-travaganza.”

One of the sketches I wrote for that show was called “Santos Claus,” the story of the Mexican Santa Claus. It was based on my high school discussions with friends where we debated what it would be like if Santos Claus fought with the African-American Santa Claus (Kwanzaa Klaus).

Anyhoo, the sketch itself wasn’t that great, but it did feature Mical and Adrian in bright elf tights and one of my favorite exchanges ever in an LCP skit:

Santos Claus: Hey, kid, aren’t you a little old to have a moustache?

Little Boy: (Played by Rupert Reyes) It’s a birthmark!

You can read the story of Santos Claus, including the whole script, over here. Merry Christmas, vatos!