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Day Of The Dead Vs Halloween

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Halloween is one of the most popular holidays for children. It is celebrated with young children roaming the streets with their costume on collecting candy for hours around the block. Though not a lot of people I know celebrate the next holiday called, Day of the Dead, it is fairly different from Halloween. They both have their similarities but when it comes down to it, they are pretty different. Here are some differences and similarities I learned about the Day of the Dead, and Halloween while reading and watching a video.

How do we celebrate Halloween- As kids, you dress up in whatever costume you want. You get to walk around your neighborhood with your parents while visiting each house for some sweet treats. You don't go to graveyards or make an alter. You just get to spend some time with family or friends for a night while eating all the candy you can eat.Halloween on the 31 of October while Day of the Dead, is not celebrated on the 31. …show more content…

Kids do NOT go out and collect candy. Instead, kids and adults use this day to celebrate their lost loved ones. They build an altar decorated by the personality of that person(s). They could put something special about that person like if they were musicians, they could put a guitar or some kind of instrument they liked. People also like to visit their graveyards to spend time with their family. Going back to the altars, everybody mainly decorated theirs differently but some wild use an incense or make a path of flowers to their altar. They also like to talk to their sports through their altar they made exactly for that

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