Ooooooooh...

[msfledermaus]

I have a schlocky catalog full of Halloween stuff in my hands...skulls and bats and goofy wigs and such...

Halloween is a'comin' soonish...(Okay, not real soonish) And yes, some of the stereotypes of witches can be insulting and degrading, but I appreciate that it's a chance for a part of our culture can cut loose for a while and embrace things they don't accept the other days of the year...

MS Eff, admiring the jack-o-lantern candles and the plastic bat-lanterns...

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Re: Halloween!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Samhain is the old name for Halloween. (Pronounced "Sow-en") It was a Celtic festival for the dead, and the end of the harvest and the beginning of the New Year. (Think of the Mexican Day of the Dead, the concept is pretty similar.) People would start new hearth fires, leave food and drink out for their deceased in remembrance, and ramble around in a big group coming to various homes in a village. (Kind of like Caroling at Christmas...it's the precursor to Trick-or Treating.)

Anyway, I celebrate it, too.:)

MS Eff,with more than you ever wanted to know, I'm sure...;)

Re: Halloween!

[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

wow....

that sounds really cool...

and has given me an idea...

maybe this year i'll try to celebrate a more traditional, historical, meaningful halloween...in support of you and all like you who do it every year!!!

now if i can just find others to get in on this with me....