If Puerto Rican salsa star Víctor Manuelle shows up at your house at 2 a.m. with a Christmas parranda, opening the door is only the beginning. There will be music. There will be hungry people. And when the singing ends, you may find yourself joining the group as it heads to someone else's home. If you are committed to celebrating with the best new Navidad álbum, you have been playing 'La Parranda es nuestra.'
He has seen these holiday visits grow to 150 or 200 people. He remembers participating in one for Oscarito, of Grupo Manía, and watching the crowd keep arriving.