|
The
ancient Celtics observed a holiday called Samhain, which was a day that
spirits were able to enter the living world. These early traditions
carried on for many years in various forms and extended to southern
Europe. When Christianity came about, the Church wanted to stop the pagan
rituals associated with the holiday. They named November 1st, All
Saints Day where a mass was to be performed and the night beforehand was
to be known as Allhallowmass, which eventually evolved into
Halloween.
|
Halloween
Facts and History
A
Traditional Halloween.com (official):
History, traditions and other information about the holiday.
The
History of Halloween (HistoryChannel,com): In-depth information on the
origins and history of the Halloween celebration.
Happy
Halloween (TheHolidaySpot.com): Information, facts and links about
Halloween and its celebration.
Celebrating
Halloween
HalloweenOnline
(official): Extensive links and information for the celebration of
Halloween.
HalloweenMagazine.com
(official): Articles, information and links about celebrating the
holiday.
HalloweenKids.com
(UNICEF): Information on celebrating Halloween all over the world. A
good site for kids
Things
That Go Bump in the Night
Halloween
Myths, Monsters & Devils (Illusions.com): A web site about the
creatures of Halloween - their origins and myths.
Encyclopedia
of Monsters (Gareth Long): Encyclopedic type entries of all monsters
imaginary and mythical.
Monstrous.com
(official): Huge website on Monsters - information, movies, facts,
etc.
Click Here for a larger
selection of Halloween Links
|
This is not traditionally a gift
exchanging holiday. However, if purchasing a gift, maintain the
Halloween theme. If you believe in scary things or not, have fun
with it.
A scary Little Gift: Give your
friends and family a little gift to say hi. Purchase some candy in
the shape of a ghost or spider and leave it where they can find it with a
little note or greeting card. You can find other creepy crawly type
gifts from our affiliates or our online warehouse below.
For the Kids: Well, you need to
outfit them in the newest costumes and keep up with the latest
trends. However, you can always bet on popular movies of the year
producing most of the more popular costumes. Sometimes these
costumes can become very costly - three ways to save money are to:
-
Purchase your costumes the week
after Halloween for the following year
-
Purchase from an online discount
store, or
-
Do it the old fashioned way and make
a costume at home.
Travel: If you want to do
something fun and historical, visit Salem, Massachusetts on or around this
holiday. I would also suggest taking a "ghost tour" through the
town on Halloween evening.
|
