So get your tamales! Get ‘em while they’re hot, and get your orders in now — like now, now — from these five restaurants and pop-ups with traditional, vegetarian, vegan and dessert options.

There’s even an extensive dessert tamales menu, featuring marionberry, chocolate and more. Readers recommend the vegetarian green corn tamales. 10605 S.E. Main St., Milwaukie, noon-8 p.m ...

and even newer creations like Vegan Hazelnut Dessert Tamales. These hazelnut tamales are made with hazelnuts, hazelnut spread, and a dash of cinnamon. Tamale making isn’t just reserved for ...

There’s a tamale competition between the vendors and a dessert tamale contest too. The festival includes live music from groups like Latin party band Grupo Neblina and Latin jazz group Timba Tumbao.

As you’re making your list and checking it twice for Christmas, don’t forget the tamales. On Christmas Eve, or Nochebuena as it is known in Mexico, dinner includes tamales, which you could say ...