That's because piñatas are essential to celebrating Christmas in Mexico. Specifically, traditional ones in the form of a seven-point star. The reason why goes back years, and continents.

NPR's Alejandra Marquez Janse reports that in Mexico and in Mexican American communities, pinatas are essential to celebrating Christmas. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Singing in Spanish). ALEJANDRA ...

The piñata around Christmas was made with seven spikes to represent the seven deadly sins. Breaking it apart meant doing away with those sins." The business would soon engulf whole blocks in ...