Chocolatada

A tradition in Cuzco (and maybe all of Peru?) is to host chocolatadas around Christmas time.  A chocolatada is basically an opportunity to hand out hot chocolate and other goodies to locals, spreading the Christmas cheer.

Kenzo and I had the opportunity to participate in  The Meeting Place’s Chocolatada on December 23rd – and we really enjoyed it!  We saw happy faces of San Blas locals drinking their delicious chocolate and eating their yummy sweet bread.  It is definitely a fun tradition that we’d somehow like to repeat in the states next year!

The Meeting Place is a coffee shop located in the Plaza de San Blas (one of Cuzco’s most beautiful, and touristy, neighborhoods).  100% of their profits go to local charities.  They also host an English-speaking church service on Sunday evenings at 5pm and a Spanish-speaking kids club on Saturday afternoons.  I cannot say enough good things about what they’re doing in this community!  Definitely stop by if you’re in Cuzco!

Our message was not only to spread Christmas cheer, but also to tell people that although gifts are great, the best gift ever is the fact that God gave his son to the world – Jesus is the gift!  So, some of the info stapled to a bag of popcorn communicated this message.

“The best Christmas gift . . .”

A man was singing and playing music as we passed out our goodies. It made for a great ambiance.
Our view of the sun setting over Plaza de San Blas as we left the chocolatada.
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2 Responses to Chocolatada

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  2. Rajesh Shetty says:

    definitely doing this!

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