Booh.
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Halloween is almost here, which doesn’t really mean much to me except for the antics I have to go through at work to please the kids. Lots of people have been asking me about the origin of Halloween (since I’m "foreign" it’s assumed I know) and realizing I have no clue I have done some research. It seems that Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of "Samhain". The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and as part of the celebration they would wear costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins. Later as Christianity spread into Celtic lands, November 1 was designated "All Saints’ Day", a time to honor saints and martyrs. The celebration was also called "All-hallows" or "All-hallowmas" and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called "All-hallows Eve" and, eventually, "Halloween". So there you have it.
7 Responses to “Booh.”
October 26th, 2005 at 9:56 pm
K?re Jens
S? kan du m?ske ogs? forklare sammenh?ngen med den mexicanske fest – Day of the dead den 2. november. Den varer fra 31. oktober til den 2. november, og det lyder da, som om der kunne v?re en slags sammenh?ng med Halloween, ikke? P? Day of the dead pynter de op og laver picnics p? kirkeg?rdene.
K.h. Line
October 27th, 2005 at 2:28 am
Hold da helt op! – hvor er det nogle kloge b?rn vi har!!!! Den slags ting anede jeg intet om – men man l?rer hele tiden…
October 28th, 2005 at 3:37 am
Well well.. It looks like that the trips to Denmark did you good.. You never looked better!
November 3rd, 2005 at 12:04 pm
元気？とても似合ってるよｗ。jens
次はいつ上京するの？
November 6th, 2005 at 3:17 pm
あすか、久しぶり。元気だよ！今度東京に行くのは。。。今月末とかになるかな！三軒茶屋に行くかも。
November 7th, 2005 at 1:25 am
Offtopだけど、あすか、ロシアに来い～！待ってるよ；）
November 11th, 2005 at 6:13 am
Smooooking….
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