Friday, November 1, 2019

Fun Feline Finds: Day of the Dead Decor

Meows from Mudpie!

Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and by people of Mexican ancestry. The multi-day holiday (October 31-November 2) focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars, honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts.

Colorful Day of the Dead statues can be easily found alongside Halloween decorations on store shelves, and over the past few years we've been adding many festive cat statues to add to our holiday decor. We thought you might like to see the pieces from our collection that are on display as part of our Truffles memorial area...



And this is our cluttered Halloween table, predominantly Yankee Candles (from Nordstrom), cat ladies and Lemax Halloween village...


We hope you had a fun Halloween! Now how many days until Christmas???

16 comments:

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

Wow, you have an awesome collection of DoD kitties! Not so sure about their caretaker standing there in the middle though... ;-)

Mickey's Musings said...

WOW! That is a pawsome collection!!
Our Halloween was pretty quiet.

Purrs,Georgia and Julie

Tyler (Staff Writer) said...

Those sugar skull cats are what I hope my afterlife will be.

Brian's Home Blog said...

That's a whole bunch of creepy cool!

Eastside Cats said...

For someone like me who visits cemeteries when I travel, you'd think I'd be okay with Halloween and Dia De Muertos stuff, but it's really creepy!

ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...

How utterly cool!

Kathe W. said...

oh my gosh- that's quite the collection!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

That is a great collection of cats.

The Florida Furkids said...

I got a few Day of the Dead cat statues this year and a throw and towel set!

The Florida Furkids

The Island Cats said...

Wow! You have quite the collection. Very cool.

pilch92 said...

That is a great collection. Is Summer's La Suegra visiting you? :)

Cathy Keisha said...

Those are pretty cool. Does your mom know you're honoring Mexicans, MP?

Valentine said...

It is always fun to see your collections! Mom only has a couple of Day of the Dead decorations, but we have lots of pussycat-themed All Hallows Eve items. In fact, Mom found a few new ones this year including a wood sign, an animatronic kitty with light-up eyes and head that turns, and a few other things. Purr purr purr.

The Menagerie Mom said...

Oh, I just adore your Day of the Dead decor! I especially, of course, love how many of them are kitties. I have gotten in the habit of collecting kitty Day of the Dead decor. In fact, the piece that started my collection was the one I won on your blog a couple years ago. That adorable piece got me obsessed! Purrs!

Three Chatty Cats said...

I love your decor! Your place looks so festive.

Terra Heck said...

Really like the decor!!