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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. The 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 money for their ancestors. 

Modern Mexicans also put the names of living loved ones on the sugar skulls and reflect on having another year, with their beloveds, on earth. 

Dia de los Muertos has taken on a much broader appeal in Albuquerque with the Marigold Parade that began a few years ago in the South Valley and with the large celebration and workshops offered at the South Broadway Cultural Center. 

Kits will be available September 15- October 15. Each will include 10 skulls, foil circles for the eyes, and four decorating cones of royal icing in black and three colors of your choosing. The price is $50+ shipping for each kit.

You can have a dinner party for your grownup friends or a sunny afternoon party for kids. 


**The skulls, icing, and foil paper are not for animal or human consumption. Adult supervision is recommended. 

To order email: lnrossignol@gmail.com


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