The Orange Show was the perfect environment for a folk-art East End Christmas Party Saturday night. Airbrushed low-riders and art cars lined Munger St., and glue-gun-armed partygoers created custom ornaments while the Sideshow Tramps provided a bluegrass soundtrack. Admission was free with donation of an unwrapped toy.

And of course, there were tamales.

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This article appears in Dec 9-15, 2010.