December 22, 2020 7:00 AM
(Photo illustration by Chava Sanchez LAist)
In a fit of nostalgia, I found myself scrolling through social media recently, trying to find covers of Navidad Sin Ti
, a classic Spanish Christmas-themed ode to lost love.
As a kid, the original song performed by iconic Mexican grupo Los Bukis, was such a part of Christmas that I sometimes felt like I could see frontman Marco Antonio Solís himself floating through the halls of my Tia Ramona s in a crisp white suit, casually devastating us with his perfect pitch and melancholy lyrics about being lonely on Christmas and remembering the day that I lost you.