Halloween is the Christianised takeover of the pagan Samhain festival and the pumpkin carving (originally turnips) and trick or treating have been going on for hundreds if not thousands of years. Yes, it’s commercialised but what isn’t these days.
The only problem I have is that it’s the wrong time of the year to celebrate Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere. We should be celebrating Beltane on 1 Nov and Samhain on 1 May.
As Thry says, it’s a bit of family fun and where’s the harm in that.
And, getting back to Townsend’s post, does anyone know someone who was influenced by an “influencer”?
The only problem I have is that it’s the wrong time of the year to celebrate Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere. We should be celebrating Beltane on 1 Nov and Samhain on 1 May.
As Thry says, it’s a bit of family fun and where’s the harm in that.
And, getting back to Townsend’s post, does anyone know someone who was influenced by an “influencer”?
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball