Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is often confused as the Mexican Halloween because of its use of skeletons and when the holiday is celebrated: Nov. 1 to Nov. 2 It's actually an Aztec ...

On 1 November, Mexicans celebrate the Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels), for deceased children ... on this night the dead cross over from the underworld to visit their living ...

sweets or other items that the children enjoyed in life. Nov. 2 is known as Día de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos (Day of ...

adults and children dressed as calacas (skeletons), their skull-painted faces grinning; the glow of elaborate altars created to honor the dead; and the earthy scent of copal rising all around.