Amid changing climate, schools are getting and giving lessons - Santa Fe New Mexican
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MORA
The smells wafted through Mora High School’s halls: cinnamon, sugar, anise.
Aaron Gallegos’ class, filled with freshmen and sophomores, gathered around tables and ovens as the students shaped and baked a much-beloved Northern New Mexico holiday staple: biscochitos.
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