Halloween coincides with the Mexican festival Dia de Los Muertos (Nov 1 & 2): the Day of the Dead. I much prefer this Mexican celebration over the gory, fear-inducing holiday that Halloween has become. It is a festival with Aztec roots, that Catholic missionaries tried to eradicate without success. Now the holiday has taken on some Catholicism, coinciding with or incorporating All Saints Day.
What I like about this holiday is its o...
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