{"id":554,"date":"2014-10-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/2014\/10\/13\/a-halloween-round-up\/"},"modified":"2018-11-04T18:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:17:44","slug":"a-halloween-round-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/2014\/10\/13\/a-halloween-round-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Halloween Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/halloween\/\">Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween finds its roots in Samhain, an ancient Gaelic festival.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"320\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/player.history.com\/pservice\/embed-player\/?siteId=hist&amp;tPid=33230280\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imbas.org\/articles\/samhain.html\">Here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/paganism\/holydays\/samhain.shtml\">here<\/a> you can read more about Samhain. And because it&#8217;s so thorough, here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samhain\">Wikipedia&#8217;s article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/christianity\/holydays\/halloween_1.shtml\">All Hallow&#8217;s Eve<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/christianity\/holydays\/allsaints_1.shtml\">All Saints Day<\/a> hold more interest for you, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/articles\/civilization\/cc0070.html\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forget history (not really), Halloween exists in the present as you all probably know. But how is it celebrated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novareinna.com\/festive\/world.html\">around the world<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/halloween\/halloween-around-the-world\">Also<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seasonalwisdom.com\/2011\/10\/strange-halloween-facts-and-folklore\/\">this<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Some great Halloween movies include &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/nightmare_before_christmas\/?search=nightmare%20before%20christmas\">The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/legend_of_sleepy_hollow\/?search=legend%20of%20sleepy%20hollow\">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/unsupported-browser\">Hocus Pocus<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/unsupported-browser\">It&#8217;s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/unsupported-browser\">Casper<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/unsupported-browser\">Beetlejuice<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/halloweentown\/\">Halloweentown<\/a>.&#8221; No, I&#8217;m not big into horror movies; I like the more classical children type.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.parenting.com\/sites\/parenting.com\/files\/styles\/story_detail_enlarge\/public\/The_nightmare_before_christmas_poster.jpg?itok=hcTkZawb\" height=\"200\" width=\"135\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Casper\" src=\"http:\/\/content9.flixster.com\/movie\/11\/18\/00\/11180091_det.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"133\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Hocus Pocus\" src=\"http:\/\/content9.flixster.com\/movie\/25\/36\/253607_det.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"137\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Beetlejuice\" src=\"http:\/\/content9.flixster.com\/movie\/11\/16\/68\/11166863_det.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"133\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ever wonder about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_cat#Superstition.2C_prejudice.2C_bringer_of_good_or_bad_luck\">black cat superstition<\/a>? These common sites explain the basics &#8211; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesprucepets.com\/black-cat-folklore-554444\">what<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfolklore.net\/folklore\/2014\/03\/why_is_a_black_cat_bad_luck.html\">why<\/a>&nbsp;of the superstition.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re more into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halloween-website.com\/recipes.htm\">food<\/a> side of Halloween, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/gallery\/0,,20307007,00.html\">pumpkiny<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/articles\/50-canned-pumpkin-recipes\">recipes<\/a> for instance. A couple of years ago some friends and I <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/recipe\/13768\/roasted-pumpkin-seeds\/\">roasted pumpkin seeds<\/a> &#8211; simple but good. Also <a href=\"http:\/\/dish.allrecipes.com\/healthy-pumpkin-recipes\/\">this<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownielocks.com\/halloweenhistory.html\">site<\/a> is a good smorgasborg on modern Halloween &#8220;stuff.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;Halloween. Halloween finds its roots in Samhain, an ancient Gaelic festival. Here and here you can read more about Samhain. And because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-halloween","7":"category-holidays","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}