MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Wearing miniature face masks and clutching tiny bottles of hand sanitizer, dolls representing the baby Jesus are being given a Covid-19 theme in a pandemic-era twist to a Mexican tradition.
Every February 2, Mexican Catholics mark Candlemas, the day when according to their tradition Christ was presented in the temple in Jerusalem.
It is usually an occasion for families to celebrate and to dig deep into the imagination to create new outfits for baby Jesus dolls.
This year’s trend is “Covid Child” — a sign of the times in the Latin American country, which has reported more than 150,000 coronavirus deaths, one of the world’…
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