Day Of The Dead is a Mexican Holiday with Mexican Celebrations that date way back to the Aztec Times. Day of the dead celebration takes place on November 1st and November 2nd but, Mexicans spend a week or two before the Day Of The Dead Celebration just preparing for The Day Of The Dead Celebrations in Mexico. The Mexican women start with making sugar candies and even candy in the shape of skulls. The Mexican Women bake Breads with sugar coating or sugar sprinkles and other Traditional Mexican foods and candy for the Dead and living to celebrate El Dia Des Los Muertos aka DAY OF THE DEAD. Mexican Families share their homemade candies and homemade breads with the living and dead all during this celebration time.

   The Mexican Holiday known as Day Of The Dead is not a sad event of tears or sorrow for missing their loved ones. Mexicans look at the day of the dead as a happy festival and time to remember and welcome home the dead for a celebration with the living and dead to come together. Some of the Mexican people believe that the dead return to be with the living on the DAY OF THE DEAD. Odd enough this is also the same time as All Saints Day also called All Souls Day. All Saints Day is a Catholic Holliday or Catholic Celebration.

    November 1st is the day Mexicans remember the lost or dead souls of the younger or Children. The day of November 1st is the celebration for the return of the dead children to visit their loved ones. November 2nd is the Adult Celebrations or or Adult Celebrations to remember the Adults that have died and welcome their souls home for a visit.

    They say that at the Day Of The Dead parties or celebrations they do not cry but instead the people are happy and waiting for the dead to come join them in a reunion celebration for these days. Some of the Mexican stories and folklores tell that the reason Mexicans do not cry or shed tears during the day of the dead celebrations is because tears would make the path back for the Dead become slippery so their souls could not return when the Day Of The Dead celebration was over.

The most popular traditions at the day of the dead celebrations seem to be skull masks and skull face paintings & day of the dead skeletons or skeleton costumes and even devils. At day of the dead parties even the Devil comes out to party and remind the Mexican people not to stray from goodness and to avoid the path of Evil. I can see how this Mexican Celebration is very special and it could help people all over the world start to look at death in a less scary was and help the great sorrow felt when someone is lost by giving one hope they will see them again in this world. Sometimes if you look at things in other ways or through others eyes it can help you sort things out and deal with sorry and difficult times due to the loss of family members and loved ones.