Start planning your Day of the Dead Party Today! This year I will be offering take home sugar skull kits for you to purchase and share with your friends. Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that occurs on November 1st and 2nd. T he first day is November 1 for children and infants who have passed and November 2 is a day to remember adults we have lost. You see, these days are not days for gore or scariness like Halloween. It is a day to reflect; a day when the fabric that separates the living from the loved ones who have passed on becomes so thin that you can feel them, at least in faith, the closest they can be since they passed. Sugar skulls are decorated with flowers and vivid colors and often hold the name of a lost loved one and are placed on an "ofrenda" or an altar of offerings that entice the soul of the beloved to draw close. This is also similar to the practices of Chinese New Year where families burn clothes and paper mon...
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