Dear Poor Lucky Me,
I’d really like to know more about the Pinata. What is it’s historical and cultural origins? What is your favorite Pinata? Would it be weird to fill a pinata with miniature liquor bottles and weed? Do you capitalize Pinata or not? Have you noticed that the ones you buy now-a-days have a breaking point built in? Don’t you think that’s a bit crap?
Love,
I Love Pinatas
Dear I Love Pinatas,
It’s not weird to fill anything with miniature liquor bottles, including the trunk of your car or your underpants. In fact, I would call that an admirable hyper preparedness. I have waited in many lines and at many red lights wishing I had my glove compartment full of liquor bottles. Unfortunately, I just have never been able to get my life together enough to be that organized.
Anyway, pinatas are a magical and historically significant revelry item. Their exact origins are unknown, but the most common theory is that the Chinese invented the pinata and Marco Polo brought it to Europe and the Spanish missionaries brought it to Mexico. Five years ago I would have believed that, but I no longer believe in the Euro-centric perspective of history. Therefore I must outright reject such claims, even if they are scientifically based or logical or proven correct. I would prefer to think that they were invented as an Aztec calendar.
One should not capitalize pinata, and I have noticed they have a breaking point built in. That is totally bullshit- it takes all the fun out of really beating the thing into the ground. Now you just take a few drunken wacks at the head and it splits open.
You know what I say though? Alls well that ends in a shower of candy/booze/mana from the heavens.
Sincerely,
Poor Lucky Me