Mexican family Christmas dinner --what´s to talk about

Mexican newspaper columnist Alejandro Moreno recently conducted a survey asking respondents what subjects of conversation they expected to surface at their upcoming family Christmas dinner.

-- By a wide margin (75%) folks said important family events in the last year would be welcomed topics, while 25% thought not;

-- 46% said public safety would be a worthwhile subject, while a majority (52%) voiced opposition (curious, because everybody from the Mex. Pres. to the local shoeshine boy talks up public security...);

-- 59% suggested talking about movies would be a common theme at dinner, while 38% thought that dull;

--Sports? 51% said "sí" against 42% "¡que no!";

--How about show biz and celebrity gossip? By a margin of almost 2-1, respondents said they´d get involved in that kind of chat;

--And despite the obvious religious tone of the Christmas season, a solid 70% said religious talk around the dinner table would be out of place, while 29% would encourage it;

--Politics? Nope. 74% said they´d boycott such conversation. 22% "sí";

-- Following on the above, 75% said "no" to any talk of Donald Trump. Only 19% could imagine that person´s name coming up.

Are these results, and the cultural values they reflect, much different from what might be expected "up north?"