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    <title>How To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo</title>
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      <![CDATA[Cinco de Mayo is one of the world’s most enjoyable holidays. After all, what’s better than a valid excuse to eat Mexican food and drink Margaritas?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Mexican food]]>
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        <![CDATA[Ingredients for Margaritas]]>
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        <![CDATA[A piñata]]>
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        <![CDATA[Novelty items to place in the piňata]]>
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        <title>Plan the menu</title>
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          <![CDATA[Provide plenty of easy noshing with big bowls of tortilla chips, guacamole, and salsa. Cook a few authentic Mexican dishes, or just make a big pot of chili and maybe order some Mexican take-out.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Provide plenty of easy noshing with big bowls of tortilla chips, guacamole, and salsa. Cook a few authentic Mexican dishes, or just make a big pot of chili and maybe order some Mexican take-out.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Ask each guest to prepare a Mexican dish—but make sure you know what they’re bringing ahead of time, so you don’t end up with 20 bowls of salsa.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Ask each guest to prepare a Mexican dish—but make sure you know what they’re bringing ahead of time, so you don’t end up with 20 bowls of salsa.</p>]]>
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        <title>Buy the booze</title>
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          <![CDATA[Get some Mexican beer, and have plenty of triple sec, tequila, lime juice, and ice on hand for Margaritas. And don’t forget the coarse salt for the rims!]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Get some Mexican beer, and have plenty of triple sec, tequila, lime juice, and ice on hand for Margaritas. And don’t forget the coarse salt for the rims!</p>]]>
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        <title>Decorate</title>
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          <![CDATA[Decorate on the cheap by hanging a big map of Mexico along with large handmade cutouts of cacti, sombreros, and Mayan pyramids. Blow up balloons in red, white, and green – the colors of the Mexican flag.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Decorate on the cheap by hanging a big map of Mexico along with large handmade cutouts of cacti, sombreros, and Mayan pyramids. Blow up balloons in red, white, and green – the colors of the Mexican flag.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Get a piñata and fill it with novelties like jumping beans, chili-flavored hard candies, and tequila gummy worms.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Get a piñata and fill it with novelties like jumping beans, chili-flavored hard candies, and tequila gummy worms.</p>]]>
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        <title>Organize a trivia game</title>
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          <![CDATA[Compile multiple-choice questions about Mexican trivia for a drinking game.  When a player gets enough answers wrong, he must down a shot of tequila. The player with the most correct answers gets a small gag prize at the end.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Compile multiple-choice questions about Mexican trivia for a drinking game.  When a player gets enough answers wrong, he must down a shot of tequila. The player with the most correct answers gets a small gag prize at the end.</p>]]>
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        <title>Break the pi&#241;ata</title>
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          <![CDATA[End the night by letting everyone take turns whacking the piñata with a baseball bat or broomstick.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>End the night by letting everyone take turns whacking the piñata with a baseball bat or broomstick.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Cinco de Mayo is only recognized as an official holiday in the Mexican state of Puebla, although it is celebrated throughout Mexico and the U.S.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Cinco de Mayo is only recognized as an official holiday in the Mexican state of Puebla, although it is celebrated throughout Mexico and the U.S.</p>]]>
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