A Christmas Miracle on the Road to Oaxaca

UNTIL Egypt’s Aswan Dam plugged her up, the Nile River flooded every year, spreading her chocolate waters across the land, depositing the rich sediment of eroded topsoil from the heart of Africa to fuel another year's productivity in the fields.

As regular as the Nile's rising waters, a seasonal flow of migrant Mexican farm workers heads south from the States this time of year, going home for the Christmas holidays.