Autumn: Oktoberfest, Halloween, Día de Los Muertos
Our new shop is open on Saturdays from 11 to 4 at 1110 North G Street in Lake Worth Beach! If you see the OPEN TODAY sign, we are open. We are also open by appointment. And come by for our inaugural BARTLEMAS WAYZGOOSE: Saturday August 24 (3 to 8 PM) & Sunday August 25 (11 AM to 5 PM). Lots of festive fun for a very bookish holiday with an odd name.
Our authentic artesanías mexicanas make perfect presents any time of the year for anyone who happens to be a Día de los Muertos fan. They'll appreciate them even when it's not Day of the Dead time. Same goes for those who love authentic German handicrafts: they'll appreciate them any time of the year!
Día de los Muertos is the Mexican Day of the Dead festival. It's more an occasion for festivity than solemnity, but there are elements of both. Families gather at cemeteries to celebrate those who have passed before them with bundles of huge marigolds and picnics with plenty of delicious food. At home, celebratory altars, called ofrendas, are created. These altars are decorated with skulls made of painted sugar, photographs, candles, papel picado, sweets, and festive skeleton figures. We have long loved the holiday, for there are elements in our own Italian culture that are similar. The Italian version is known as I Morti, or Festa dei Morti. Día de los Muertos falls each year on the 2nd of November, but the season when we especially remember our beloved dead traditionally begins with Hallowe'en (the Eve of All Hallows) and continues through to Martinmas on the 11th of November. It's the season known as Hollantide, derived from the "Hallows" of All Hallows and Hallowe'en.
