Halloween, my least favorite holiday, is finally behind us. Hopefully folks will now stop throwing handfuls of candy at my children. My son attends a dual immersion elementary school with a large Mexican-American population, and it has been interesting to be part of a Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration for the first time in my life. My son and I made a poster about my grandfather, for whom my son was named, for a class project for the holiday. I would love to trade Halloween in for Dia de Los Muertos permanently: instead of teenagers at my door demanding candy, a kind of festive Memorial Day where families and communities celebrate loved ones who have passed. Next up (for us Americans) is one of my favorite holidays: Thanksgiving.
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- less stress, more time with family and friends
- less spending and shopping, more handmade and homemade gifts
- less waste, more appreciation of nature
- less stuff, more memories
- less commercialism, more community and charity
Please share your aspirations and ideas with us! You can participate in our challenge by:
We look forward to hearing your ideas!
- Spreading the word! The more, the merrier. We look forward to sharing ideas with and learning from all of you.
- Sharing your ideas for more meaningful holidays in the comments on our posts or on our Facebook page.
- Writing about how you will be making your memories more meaningful on yourown blog. We will be hosting a Meaningful Memories Link-up in the coming weeks, or you can include a link to your relevant post in the comments of any of our Meaningful Memory posts.
- Writing a guest post to be published here at the Green Phone Booth. Email us at greenphonebooth [at] gmail [dot] com with your topic idea, and we'll put you on the calendar.
We look forward to hearing your ideas!
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