From her shop in eastern Mexico City, Tania Hernandez begins making piñatas for the holiday season as early as October. That's because piñatas are essential to celebrating Christmas in Mexico.

Many piñatas are used at community celebrations known as posadas, and they are made at pinata workshops around Mexico City. In Mexico, the holidays are welcomed by smashing open traditional Christmas ...

The colorful piñatas are made from clay pots or cardboard covered with paper cones stuck on with glue. Once the cones are dry, they are covered in colorful paper maché. Many of the piñatas used at ...

ACOLMAN, Mexico — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while measuring ...

Those colorful, swinging figures hanging at birthday parties shouldn't be dismissed as kid stuff, especially at this time of year. NPR's Alejandra Marquez Janse reports that in Mexico and in Mexican ...

Piñatas are a common element in parties across different countries, but especially in Mexico around Christmas time, and the story of their origin... In Mexico, piñatas are a Christmas essential full ...

From her shop in eastern Mexico City, Tania Hernandez begins making piñatas for the holiday season as early as October. That's because piñatas are essential to celebrating Christmas in Mexico.