By: Victoria Ryan

Victoria Ryan — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:53:20 +0000

Here they started day before yesterday. (the 26th) The numbers of children will grow more and more each day till about November 2nd. Some of them look quite adorable and I wonder what their parents think while the are taking these sweet little angels around by the hand only to be rejected by local Mexicans, Mexican visitors and foreigners alike. Until today, I said to them “Halloween is Sunday”. Today I stuffed my purse with candies so I would be ready. Many of them are expecting only money.. which I find sad.. I provide my guests with a bottomless bowl of individually wrapped candies so they won’t be caught unprepared. Every year it gets more ingrained into the culture. I LOVE that the Mexican culture never lets go of one thing just adds other things.. but I have to say that Halloween seems like a way teach excess. Day of the Dead is about honoring your ancestors and the family. It is so different. I have the same complaint about Navidad. Here it was about the birth of Baby Jesus, the Wise Men seeking Him and the possibility of a new world. The addition of Christmas is about a fat guy in a red suit and reindeer but worst of all it is about an excess of gifts. It is sad. I’m old.. not comfortable with this kind of cultural inroad because there is a certain amount of greed or something that both of these customs represent to me at least. May you continue to live where it is only one day instead of a week and where you can find the combination charming instead of like a weed that is about to choke out the flowers in the garden.

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By: Victoria Ryan