Halloween

[-SharonA-]

Loving the Halloween theme at the top. What do you all think??

[Tilly2]

It appears every year, Sharon. We've all seen it before.

[BANANASPLITS]

Lol be honest I never noticed sharon

[fiction-factory]

Also, some users have some good Halloween avatars- Mamyalynne's may appear soon

[Jackdaw33]

Already has. Gone is the tarnished halo, on with the witch's hat.

[-SharonA-]

I too must say, never noticed it before, but very much in keeping.

[rowanwitch]

I never know which one to use....

[kvalidir]

Yes my favourite holiday x

[spathiphyllum]

It's a shame we don't get a national holiday ay..

[dannyk13]

Holiday?

[spathiphyllum]

All Hallows' Eve is considered a holiday

[dannyk13]

Not where I live (England) Spath.

[spathiphyllum]

It is a holiday for some people, but it's not recognised with a bank holiday or anything unfortunately :/ Like hanukkah


Oddly the English only really celebrate christian holidays, like Christmas, Easter etc... Even Halloween is a christian tradition.

It's 2018 don't you know!

[Ama16]

I've honestly never heard of Halloween described as a holiday.

[spathiphyllum]

"Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated each year on October 31. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. ... The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween."

[Jackdaw33]

Halloween is a corrupt version of All Hallows Eve, All Hallows being an old term for All Saints, whose feast day is the following day, 1st November. It is a public holiday in France.

[dannyk13]

Spath// It is a holiday for some people,//
Which people ?

[kvalidir]

Halloween is Samhain Jack, the Pagan Sabbat where we acknowledge and celebrate the ancestors, the brevity of life and the dead.

[spathiphyllum]

Danny, this may be against Site Rules but... Google it

[kvalidir]

It's a Pagan Festival Danny as Samhain, which Christians nicked and made All Hallows Eve.

[Ama16]

Ah well, you learn something new everyday, thanks for that Spath