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If you are observing this night from a Pagan standpoint, Halloween is the most sacred night of the entire year.
It is the Pagan's "Christmas" per sey....a holy night. It is not "evil" at all...that is where it has been twisted by marketing over the years. I live near Salem Ma and it is famous for it's high volume of real witches and wizards living there. Every year they hold a huge month long event honoring every aspect of the Holiday. On the actual night, it's more of a celebration of the harvest ( both physical and psycological sense) and a time to be thankfull for that which you have reaped this year. In ancient times, the Druids and Celts considered this time of year to be when Summer ended and Winter began.
Okay...enough speiling....if you really want to learn the "real story" behind All Hallows' Eve do some reserch via Google or whatnot. It is interesting...and makes you rethink the way it is presented to society as a whole now.
It is the Pagan's "Christmas" per sey....a holy night. It is not "evil" at all...that is where it has been twisted by marketing over the years. I live near Salem Ma and it is famous for it's high volume of real witches and wizards living there. Every year they hold a huge month long event honoring every aspect of the Holiday. On the actual night, it's more of a celebration of the harvest ( both physical and psycological sense) and a time to be thankfull for that which you have reaped this year. In ancient times, the Druids and Celts considered this time of year to be when Summer ended and Winter began.
Okay...enough speiling....if you really want to learn the "real story" behind All Hallows' Eve do some reserch via Google or whatnot. It is interesting...and makes you rethink the way it is presented to society as a whole now.
Yeah dont like it myself......... bit of a kak day and night really if im being honest! Ok some people enjoy it and fair enough, but not for me :)
There's nowhere to really trick or treat here...
I love Holloween! I am thinking of going to a college celebration... I think I'll go as Meat Loaf.
Halloween has become my annual Rocky Horror Picture show night for the past 10 years.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Deacons 1st Choice wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If you are observing this night from a Pagan standpoint, Halloween is the most sacred night of the entire year.
It is the Pagan's "Christmas" per sey....a holy night. It is not "evil" at all...that is where it has been twisted by marketing over the years. I live near Salem Ma and it is famous for it's high volume of real witches and wizards living there. Every year they hold a huge month long event honoring every aspect of the Holiday. On the actual night, it's more of a celebration of the harvest ( both physical and psycological sense) and a time to be thankfull for that which you have reaped this year. In ancient times, the Druids and Celts considered this time of year to be when Summer ended and Winter began.
Okay...enough speiling....if you really want to learn the "real story" behind All Hallows' Eve do some reserch via Google or whatnot. It is interesting...and makes you rethink the way it is presented to society as a whole now.[/QUOTE]
Absolutely - that's why I get sad that shops use it just to make money and why people celebrate this event just as an excuse to get free sweets. It doesn't work here anyway - being spring and all. But then people don't get that anyway. It's like selling Easter eggs in our autumn - silly to those who understand the symbolism, just another excuse to eat chocolate for those who don't.
It is the Pagan's "Christmas" per sey....a holy night. It is not "evil" at all...that is where it has been twisted by marketing over the years. I live near Salem Ma and it is famous for it's high volume of real witches and wizards living there. Every year they hold a huge month long event honoring every aspect of the Holiday. On the actual night, it's more of a celebration of the harvest ( both physical and psycological sense) and a time to be thankfull for that which you have reaped this year. In ancient times, the Druids and Celts considered this time of year to be when Summer ended and Winter began.
Okay...enough speiling....if you really want to learn the "real story" behind All Hallows' Eve do some reserch via Google or whatnot. It is interesting...and makes you rethink the way it is presented to society as a whole now.[/QUOTE]
Absolutely - that's why I get sad that shops use it just to make money and why people celebrate this event just as an excuse to get free sweets. It doesn't work here anyway - being spring and all. But then people don't get that anyway. It's like selling Easter eggs in our autumn - silly to those who understand the symbolism, just another excuse to eat chocolate for those who don't.
I loved Halloween when I was a kid in the states, it was my favourite day of the year, after christmas of course. Now in Spain they're starting to celebrate it a little more each year, it's still nothing really big here yet but maybe within some years it will be, they already have their own carnival weekend in february which is quite crazy!
Bring on the candy!
My niece and her husband, John, always go all out on Halloween. Shanna makes the custumes. John is 6'5" tall and weighs as much as a bulldozer. One year John went as John-John (remember the little tyke at JFK's funeral with the blue jacket and the short pants, saluting.) John's blue outfit was a bit bigger, well, a LOT bigger, well, it was HUGE, knees hanging out, white anklets with black shoes, and he carried a little US. flag. It seemed a bit irreverant, but it was sooo funny!
My niece and her husband, John, always go all out on Halloween. Shanna makes the custumes. John is 6'5" tall and weighs as much as a bulldozer. One year John went as John-John (remember the little tyke at JFK's funeral with the blue jacket and the short pants, saluting.) John's blue outfit was a bit bigger, well, a LOT bigger, well, it was HUGE, knees hanging out, white anklets with black shoes, and he carried a little US. flag. It seemed a bit irreverant, but it was sooo funny!
Halloween is all about ghosts and witchs the day when all evil stuff come out, someone told me that all spirts come out there grave on that day.
Freaky and they said its the devils way.
So they dont celebrate it. I dont really care myself.
Freaky and they said its the devils way.
So they dont celebrate it. I dont really care myself.
Your friend needs to be better informed.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]dragonzflame wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Your friend needs to be better informed.[/QUOTE]
I didnt say it was a friend i said "Someone"
Thats how they think there problem not ours lol.
I didnt say it was a friend i said "Someone"
Thats how they think there problem not ours lol.
every year i just take a sheet over me and walk blindly through school- dont have to listen to the teachers for a day, and no one else does that ghost sheet thing- its the least original thing ever and no one even remembers it, but yea thats my costume
Ive noticed this year that more people are decorating thier houses with Halloween things.Its not cheap stuff either. Its out of control.They have contests here to see who has the scariest decorations.
ah yeah