Guatemala Edition
World Safe Crossing Day leads today's complete edition for Guatemala.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
Canadian Halloween is American Halloween with colder weather. The costumes are the same but the coats go over them. The little ninja who spent an hour on his mask is now a ninja in a parka and nobody can tell who he is. The pillowcase full of candy will last until November 10. The candy tax levied by parents is real and it is not optional.
Not Halloween in the American sense. In Guatemala, the night before All Saints is when the spirits are closest, and the boundary between worlds is thin. In some towns, people leave food on the doorstep for the returning dead. In others, it is an excuse for a costume party. In Sumpango, the real magic happens the next day.
