Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. The island proudly proclaims itself as having the "longest holiday season in the world," according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.

CIALES, Puerto Rico – If you need a little Christmas right this very minute, consider visiting Puerto Rico. Sure, it may not have the snow and indigenous evergreens many people associate with the ...

Puerto Rico has been known for having the longest Christmas in the world along with great parties, music and food. This year, as well as the rest of the world, has been a challenging one due to ...

Puerto Rico isn’t short on culinary charms all year round, from rum-soaked cocktails to dozens of ways to prepare plantains (I’m still thinking about a particular plate of tostones I had in Guayama ...

Editor’s note: This is one of 10 winning essays in our Gifts of Christmas contest. This year, we asked students at Holy Guardian Angels Regional School in Muhlenberg Township to describe their holiday ...

For my Christmas column, in lieu of another eggnog ranking or spiced-beer listicle, I decided to track down Puerto Rico’s silky-smooth, coconut-based counterpoint to the viscous Christmas caucasity of ...

It begins with the Douglas fir my mother buys on Dec. 1. The pine needles track from the car as the tree is dragged across the hot concrete sidewalk and into the house. The warm Caribbean breeze fills ...

A side-by-side comparison of ingredients purchased in Puerto Rico and this state, home to the largest boricua population in ...

Puerto Rico's Christmas bonus is again under the spotlight as the Oversight Board pressures Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to identify spending reductions to offset the cost of his plan to pay the annual ...

Pasteles and pernil are how I define Puerto Rican Christmas. And although pork is a fixture on the Puerto Rican table, it is just not Christmas without pernil. When I was growing up, we’d celebrate at ...