During the month of December, customers at Oaxaca Restaurant on 27th Avenue are greeted with a colorful array of perforated papel picado lanterns and flags, mini Santa Claus figurines, and a group of ornate religious artifacts displayed on the back wall. The colorful shrine includes frames and sculptures of Jesus Christ, La Virgen de la Soledad, and La Virgen de la Juquila, to which many in Oaxaca and Phoenix pray and pay homage, especially in the days leading up to Christmas…