It’s a grand slam for Dia de los Muertos this year as the Day of the Dead celebration spills into the weekend with All Hallow’s Eve on Thursday, All Saints Day on Friday and All Souls Day on Saturday.
It is the annual Mexican holiday period, dating back thousands of years to pre-hispanic civilizations, where the living remember the dead, with Death becoming whimsical.
How else do you explain or accept the calaveras and calacas (skulls and skeletons) with people displaying miniature skeletons in fancy clothes while children enjoy sugar skulls and other spooky confections?
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