That’s the question raised by a recent poll that marked Celebration Day, a British spin on Mexico’s Día de los Muerto (Day of the Dead) which since 2022 has been held each May. The survey found that over a quarter of Brits feel awkward discussing death and almost a third feel guilty for expressing grief, worrying about burdening others. Sign up“I love how we’re a patchwork of every single person we’ve met, and every single person we’ve loved,” said actor Helena Bonham Carter, who also took part. Writer Emma Beddington wrote in the Guardian that the idea of buying a Celebration Day badge gave her the cringe, and posited that the whole initiative felt too generic for remembering our loved and lost. “We often speak about forgetting and moving on and I really want to bang the drum that Celebration Day is about remembering and connecting and having a special day to honour the memories,” said psychotherapist and Therapy Works podcast host Julia Samuel.