A Halloween Round-up

October 13, 2014  in Halloween / Holidays / Uncategorized by timothyspeirs

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If you look back through my blog, you can tell I like Halloween. So go figure that my October months are often filled with Halloween-related posts. This week I do a small round-up on Halloween.

Halloween finds its roots in Samhain, an ancient Gaelic festival.

Here and here you can read more about Samhain. And because it’s so thorough, here’s Wikipedia’s article.

Or if All Hallow’s Eve and All Saints Day hold more interest for you, read this.

Forget history (not really), Halloween exists in the present as you all probably know. But how is it celebrated around the world? Also and this

Some great Halloween movies include “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Hocus Pocus,” “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “Casper,” “Beetlejuice” and “Halloweentown.” No, I’m not big into horror movies; I like the more classical children type.

Ever wonder about the black cat superstition? These common sites explain the basics – the what and why of the superstition.

Maybe you’re more into the food side of Halloween, pumpkiny recipes for instance. A couple of years ago some friends and I roasted pumpkin seeds – simple but good. Also this

This site is a good smorgasborg on modern Halloween “stuff.”

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