This song is about a Puerto Rican tradition of the "asalto navideno" - the "Christmas assault" - in which a group of people arrive unannounced at somebody's house late at night and play music loudly, often waking them up, until they are let in. There is then a great deal of cooking, eating and drinking, and quite often at least some now-awake inhabitants of the house will accompany the group to repeat the process.
To say that things are a bit loose and unstructured in Puerto Rico is, of course, an understatement. Good fun nonetheless.
El Gran Combo
"Asalto Navideno"
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