{"id":16266,"date":"2025-10-30T05:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=16266"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:32:28","slug":"newsletter-crosses-and-calaveras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-crosses-and-calaveras\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Crosses and calaveras \u2620\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"align-items: center;justify-content: center;margin: 16px\">\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;text-align: center\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Crosses and calaveras\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">This week, because it&#8217;s <em>spooky<\/em> week, I&#8217;m bringing you two very different traditions that share the same dates:<strong><em> D\u00eda de Muertos<\/em> <\/strong>in Mexico<strong> \ud83d\udc80 <\/strong>and<strong> <em>D\u00eda de Todos los Santos<\/em><\/strong> in Spain \ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Discover the cultural meaning behind each one and learn how to talk about them in real Spanish. 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