The Noche Buena was introduced to the US in 1825 byJoel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States minister to Mexico.
La Noche Buena
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The famous plant commonly known as poinsettia that adorns most Christmas settings today, is a plant that is indigenous to Mexico and Central America. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the plant is called Cuitlaxochitl. The Aztecs used Cuitlaxochitl as an antipyretic (fever reducer) for medicinal purposes. Today, in Mexico and Guatemala, the plant is known as “Noche Buena”, which means Christmas Eve. In Spain, it is known as "Flor de Pascua" (Easter Flour) and in Chile and Peru as “Crown of the Andes”.
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