Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jaime Gironés, author of the new Llewellyn's Little Book of the Day of the Dead. Many people around the world celebrate their ancestors during Autumn. Some Pagans who celebrate Samhain on October 31st, a time when the veil between the worlds is thinner, use this time to honor those who have passed away. In Mexico, and other countries of Latin America and wherever there are Latino populations, the Day of Dead is celebrated around November 1st and 2nd. There are other celebrations for the dead and the ancestors in other parts of the world around this time of the year, like the dušičky ("little souls") in the Czech Republic. During this