It’s tamale time. This Mexican comfort food has a long history and is an essential part of every major holiday, particularly Christmas. It’s also the perfect portable snack for holiday ...

Christmas in Mexico means tamales, and lots of them. This year, the folks at Cochon are celebrating Latin style and throwing a Mexican Christmas Tamale Dinner Dec. 6.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's the holiday season, and for a lot of families, tamales are a staple on the Christmas dinner table.

Carbondale High School senior Yair Cordoba said he looks forward to his family’s annual Christmas tradition of cooking tamales -- and eating them, too, of course.

In Metairie, Ideal Market at Clearview Parkway and Airline Highway was fully staffed to handle massive Christmas Eve crowds. “I am buying all that I forgot to get for dinner,” Noslyn Flores said.