Along
with the holidays called All-Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Day, and Day
of the Dead, this is a day to honor loved ones who have died. It is
celebrated in many parts of the world, particularly in Catholic
communities, and it this celebration often lasts more than two days
(hence all the different names for the evening and each day).
Offerings
to the dead include marigolds, lit candles, food, incense, and photos
or other memorabilia. Some people decorate with paper mache skulls or
make and eat sugar skulls. There are spectacular parades of skeletons
and ghouls, and cardboard coffins are rigged so that skeletons jump
out at random times!
On
a lighter note, today is also...
Cookie
Monster Day
Today
is the birthday of the big, blue, furry, goggle-eyed Cookie Monster,
who (like me) LOVES cookies!
The
Cookie Monster is known for his insatiable appetite. That means he
never gets full and is usually sooooo hungry for cookies or anything
else (he's even eaten letters and hubcaps!), he goes into a messy,
noisy feeding frenzy.
To
learn more about the Cookie Monster, check out Muppet Wiki.
Doodle!
Jim
Hensen, creator of the Muppets, dreamed up the Cookie Monster and
other famous characters while doodling! Grab your favorite pencil or
pen and start filling up some paper with doodles of your own. Be sure
to doodle widely and wildly—draw everything from flowers and
curlicues to animals and monsters to machines and jets to branches
and gears and buttons and mountains.
A
new book about doodling has been released to inspire you further:
Doodling with Jim Hensen.
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