By Otto
Another Halloween is here. My European pre-Christian ancestors
believed this day was the fall harvest celebration. After a hard year of farm
work, the winter was on its way and people had the food they needed to get by until
next spring.
This was also a day for many early European pre-Christian religions
that believed souls of the dead could cross over from the nether world and walk
among us. Jack-O-Lanterns decorated homes to keep out unwanted evil spirits.
Scary masks served the same purpose.
Today kids trick or treat and adults go to parties. Both
like to dress up as something either scary or some person or thing they find
interesting. We get to pretend we are someone else. This year I decided to be Pol
Pot. He’s a little scary and he is definitely interesting. We don’t need the
costumes to scar away evil spirits, but for me it is just a tradition and a fun
one.
I carved a pumpkin, will hand out some candy, and go to a
party. I like good scary movies and songs, as the ones below.
Happy Halloween
(or Samhain as some
people like to call it)!
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