Thread: Day of the Dead
View Single Post
  #16 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Cheryl[_3_] Cheryl[_3_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,778
Default Day of the Dead

On 11/10/2012 5:34 AM, Mike Rutland wrote:

> In our family, we celebrate Samhain on the 31st October. We do this
> by lighting a candle in the window for each of our loved ones that
> have passed, and sitting down to a meal that our most recently passed
> family member loved. We set them a place at the table as a mark of
> respect.
>
> We dont eat more than normal, we dont drink more than normal, but
> take the time to remember and reflect upon that person and how they
> lived.
>

Our family takes a moment to remember everyone missing from the table
when we have family meals. No real holiday to do it, but I like the idea
of the Day of the Dead.