In Mexico, they celebrate two holidays near the time of Halloween in the U.S. On November 1st, they celebrate "Dia de los Santos" or "All Saints Day." We had a party at church for the kids for Dia de los Santos and explained to them that saints are followers of Jesus. The children could come in happy costumes (no scary ones), and we played several fun games, gave away lots of candy, had a costume contest, and also sang some songs and had a short lesson.
Dia de los Muertos or "All Souls Day" is November 2nd. For this holiday, people honor the memories of loved ones who have died. Often, families will put out special picture frames of these loved ones. They also will go the cemetery and bring food and flowers with them.
For both of these days and several days before it, a lot of people dress up and walk around to houses and stores asking for candy or money. So instead of trick or treating for just one night (like in the U.S.), they will do it for several nights!
Here are two pictures from the party we had at church for Dia de los Santos:
All of the helpers for the Dia de los Santos party
Mareli & Bryan (sister and brother) and their great costumes
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