Today is Nov 1st, the day after Halloween. Today, kids all around the country are waking up with sugar hangovers, an annual rite of passage for kids preparing them for waking up with real hangovers when they get older. Today, Halloween decorations will already look sad and tired, and ready for their long slumber in attics and basements, until next year. Today, the Christmas season begins in earnest, stubbornly kept at bay up to this point by witches and skeletons (although for a lot of retailers, that ship has already sailed).
Today is also Dias de los Meurtos, the annual Mexican Day of the Dead. For those who believe and practice, it's a day of remembrance of those loved ones who have passed. Families set up an "ofrenda", a kind of altar with photos, candles, flowers, and some sweets of those who have gone to the great beyond. It's to ensure that they have not vanished from the family's memories, and is both somber and celebratory.
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