Well kids its about that time of year again, where the weather gets cold enough to wear pants and hoodies. It's my favorite time of the year!
A time where the leafs change to those beautiful colors of oranges, reds, yellows and even browns. There is just no better time of the year. There are so many things that makes Fall the greatest season. Besides just the weather, Football is a big one for me. I still love going back to my old high school and watching those friday night games. Sitting outside around a fire, haning out with friends, drinking some beer. The best thing about this season for me is Halloween! Ever since I was a kid I could remember that holiday. There is nothing like in the world, you get to dress up to whatever your imagine wants. You can decorate your house to make it look like some kind of hunted house. And the big thing is you get to go from house to house and get free candy! Hello?! Free candy! I don't know about you but I look forward to this holiday every year. What's great about it also is the history about the holiday.
It's the pagan origins of Halloween are so palpable that there is little wonder the holiday has generated considerable controversy over the centuries. Falling on October 31, Halloween history tells us that this celebration is only the herald of the holiday that medieval Christian Europeans were intended to celebrate -- All Saints' Day, November 1.
And thus the story behind the term itself, which is short for "the eve before All Hallows' Day,". It goes back as far as 5 B.C. It was believed that spirits rose from the dead and mingled with the living on this day. The Celts left food at their doors to encourage good spirits and wore masks to scare off the bad ones. Some historians believe that the Romans who invaded England added a few of their own traditions to the celebration of Samhain; such as celebrating the end of the harvest and honoring the dead; others say that since the Romans never conquered the Celts (Ireland and Scotland) there was no mingling of cultures, and that the Celts celebrated the end of the harvest and honored their dead in this way, anyway!
A little history lesson for all of you out there in TV land.
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