This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Vallarta Supermarkets. The opinions and text are all mine.
Día de los Muertos is a beautiful Mexican tradition that is also celebrated in other Latin countries like El Salvador. It’s not as a big celebration like in Mexico but my grandma that lives in El Salvador has always celebrated it since I could remember. As a young girl I remember her setting up the altar with pictures of her parents and her youngest son. She would make these beautiful paper banners and flowers to decorate the altar with addition to candles and food. She would add calaveras that were colorful with flowers. I remember the alter being so beautiful and back then as a kid I didn’t understand it, but I am glad that I was brought up around it.
Well now I have two little girls of my own and I love to carry on traditions with them. I think Día De Los Muertos is definitely one holiday that means a lot to me just because although they never got a chance to meet their grandma, (my husbands’ mom) we can keep her memory alive by celebrating her life and talking to them about her. The more we talk about her the more they can relate to her. Same as their great grandmothers. Madison was born a year after Gogo (Great grandma) pass. But we know how happy she would have been to know that we were finally growing our family.
To get our Día De Los Muertos celebration going I gather pictures of the girl’s grandma and their great grandmothers, a colorful blanket and a wooden box that we painted in grandma Linda’s favorite color, lavender. Then we headed to our favorite store, Vallarta Supermarket to pick up the rest of our essentials. We grabbed some Marigold flowers, candles, pan dulce, pan de Muertos and candy. The girls had so much fun picking stuff up at the store. It’s so convenient to be able to get everything we needed for our altar at Vallarta Supermarkets! The Marigolds are fresh and so beautiful. The Pan De Muertos was definitely the girls favorite as well as the pan dulce. If you need anything for your altar trust me this is where you want to go!
I feel so grateful that I can pass these traditions to my little girls. All I can hope for is that they do the same when they have their own children. How do you celebrate Día De Los Muertos? And what are your favorite things to shop for at Vallarta’s Supermarket? Let me know below.
Love this post! Celebrating día de los muertos is one of my favorite Latin holidays.
BEAUTIFUL MAGGIE!!!,….THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND MEANINGFUL CULTURAL TRADITION!!!
We have little knowledge of Mexican culture and glad to learn about Día de los Muertos here. I get little exposure of the Mexican culture during my trip to San Diego old town in California few years ago.
I really love this holiday. I think it’s a wonderful way to honor the spirit of our loved ones who’ve passed on. Once the grieving process is through, it’s nice to look back on who we lost and remember all the good things about them and the good times we shared.
A party full of meaning that we should all celebrate all over the world!
I love getting to know a little bit more about this heritage! Such an interesting holiday and knowing more about tradition is always a good thing!
I have a good friend that taught me about Mexican culture. I always love eating mexican food when I can!
Such a fun market and way to celebrate! Beautiful and thanks so much for sharing!
We recently started learning more about Dia De Los Muertos. My youngest is completely fascinated by it all.
What a beautiful way of honouring lost loved ones. I love reading about Mexican culture.
Dia De Los Muertos is one of my favorite celebrations. This is so gorgeous, and your girls are adorable.
Love the decor!! They did a great job setting up for the occasion. What does the Pan de Muertos taste like?
I do love the decor, it’s so pretty and I love the way you remembering the memories of your lost loved ones. Thanks for sharing this tradition with us.
Celebrating día de los muertos is something I would like to observe. I had not heard of this before, thanks for sharing
I love Vallarta super markets, I always find all my latino foods there and their produce area is amazing
I love this! This is an awesome way to celebrate it! Loving this store too, I’ll have to check it out.
This is such a beautiful way to celebrate and honor our dearly departed. I wish we could have a chance to witness this unique tradition.
This is such a beautiful way to remember and pay respect to the ones who passed away! There is a specific day when we also celebrate this tradition in my community (Bengali/Hindu/Indian) with different rituals of course! But I absolutely love this tradition ☺
We’ve always been fascinated with Día de los Muerto and its such a wonderful tradition! What a great way to celebrate x