Award Winning Author of t he best selling book series The Basic Art of Italian Cooking- Celebrity Chef- Maria Liberati shares the origins of Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrated around the world.

The trendy among us no longer celebrate Halloween. We have been venerating our ancestors and celebrating Mexican Day of the Dead. An illustrated article with some pictures to inspire your Halloween and Mexican day of the Dead decorations.

Instead of the gory Halloween decorations make decorations inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. This article has collected some images of Mexican Day of the Dead decorations to inspire your own.

What is true about the living undead.

A brief description of el Dia de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead.

Halloween is one of those kid-centered holidays that causes a lot of worry among serious-minded adults: Evangelical Christians insist that it emphasizes the Occult and New Age Religion, progressive editorials cite it as an example of rampant commercialism; dentists warn that all that candy rots the teeth, and school teachers dread the next day’s hyper activity.

The day of the dead, also known to many Spanish speakers as El dia Del los Muertos, is a very important holiday in Hispanic culture.

While you are out eating candy, check out what these people are doing. It may change your mind about Halloween forever.