Latino families are reimagining quinceañeras amid stay-at-home orders by hosting 'drive-by' celebrations. 'My mom and my dad really made it special trying to get the people that were closest to me,” Xochitl Rodriguez said.
In the months leading up to her only daughter’s celebration, Rodriguez had meticulously shopped with Xochitl for the right dress, complete with a tiara, and had planned for a church Mass and an elaborate reception with family and friends.Remembering her own celebration in 1990, Rodriguez, who is of Mexican American heritage, was sad she couldn't do the same for her daughter in the age of COVID-19.
In its place, Rodriguez and her husband searched throughout their home for clothing from their daughter’s doll collection and her Build-a-Bears, dressed up the figures and gathered them outside.Xochitl Rodriguez, 15, on the day of her quinceañera on April 21.“We had blown up the balloons the night before and had kept them in the garage, and then kind of made the mad dash to decorate the yard when it was time for her to go outside,” she explained.
“I kind of lost hope of having anyone over, or having a normal birthday where I can see my family, and I feel like my mom and my dad really made it special trying to get the people that were closest to me,” she said.“We actually miraculously kept it a secret from my child, which was really hard in this situation when you’re together 24/7,” Rodriguez said.
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