Top 5 Christmas Movies that Include Death
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For some unknown reason, more people die around the holidays than any other time of the year. Experts can’t agree about the reason for this phenomenon. But, take our word for it. It’s a thing. In fact, at Foothill Funeral & Cremation, the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is our busiest time of year. […]
Continue ReadingThe Top 5 Benefits of Burial
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Since we’ve worked in the death industry since 1996, we’ve seen the preferential pendulum swing. People used to scorn cremation in favor of burial. Today, people tend to prefer cremation at a rate of 51.6 percent to 48.4. In fact, in Los Angeles County, where our funeral home is located, that number is as high […]
Continue ReadingBe Thankful You Aren’t Dead
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People routinely discuss the many reasons we all have to be grateful each Thanksgiving season. Since our profession places us around death day in, day out, the main reason seems obvious to us. The thing you should most be thankful for? You are alive! But what about if you have suffered the death of a […]
Continue ReadingDeath Masks Part 2
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Part 2 in a 2-Part Series In this, the final post in our ongoing October series about macabre death-related events we wanted to cover something that is unusual as well as interesting – death masks. To read part one of this, click here. As explained in Encyclopedia Britannica, a death mask is a wax or plaster […]
Continue ReadingDeath Masks
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In our ongoing October series about macabre death-related events (because, apparently, death itself is no longer considered macabre enough), we wanted to cover something that is unusual as well as interesting – death masks. In this first in a two-part series, we will discuss death mask history as well as DIY masks you can make […]
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