Old Halloween Traditions Survive Our Modern World
Old Halloween Traditions Survive in a Modern World Today in our modern world we celebrate Halloween on October 31st.
Mostly Halloween is a time for the children.
They can be seen in scary kids Halloween costumes going door to door collecting candy.
This is certainly a strange thing when you consider where Halloween originated from.
Halloween has its roots in an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain.
Samhain was a celebration of the end of the harvest season, a time used to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter.
The ancient Celtics believed that on October 31 for reasons unknown the boundary between the living and the dead dissolved.
The dead, during this short time frame supposedly were quite dangerous for the living, causing problems such as sickness and damaged crops.
The Celtics tried to scare away these evil spirits by wearing costumes and masks Halloween is considered to be the holy day for Satanists.
The Celtics lit bonfires on the hilltops in order to frighten away the evil spirits.
Today many people go to great extremes to bring the scare back into the season by decorating their houses with spooky decorations for Halloween.
When we think of Halloween we usually think of death, evil, magic, the occult, mythical monsters, ghosts, witches and of course the devil.
The tradition of giving out candy on Halloween stemmed from people putting food on their doorstep to appease the spirits which would then safeguard their home.
The pumpkins were also used to ward off evil spirits.
The Celtics believed by carving the pumpkins and lighting them with candles that this would scare off the evil spirits.
Today we celebrate Halloween by trick or treating, wearing outrageous costumes and visiting haunted attractions.
Reading or telling scary stories after dark around a bonfire has also become somewhat of a tradition.
Another tradition of Halloween that has developed over the years is the candy apple.
Since Halloween occurs around the time of the apple harvest making the candy apples seemed like just the thing to do with all those apples around.
UNICEF which is United Nations Children's Fund for a long time raised money during Halloween.
Children would carry little UNICEF boxes and people would give them some loose change for the box.
The boxes were handed in at school the next day.
For whatever reason UNICEF stopped doing this in 2006.
Today the number of children going out door to door has decreased.
Halloween has again in a way become a time to ward off the evil spirits around us.
Parents need to carefully check any candy that the kids bring home due to the sick actions of some individuals.
Razor blades and pins have been found in candy apples.
Candy has been found not to even be candy.
Every year you hear more horror stories concerning Halloween.
The trend now seems to be to have a party for the children at the school or a hall.
Monetary donations are made so Halloween candy can be purchased for the children.
It's not quite the same as going out door to door but it is much safer.
Mostly Halloween is a time for the children.
They can be seen in scary kids Halloween costumes going door to door collecting candy.
This is certainly a strange thing when you consider where Halloween originated from.
Halloween has its roots in an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain.
Samhain was a celebration of the end of the harvest season, a time used to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter.
The ancient Celtics believed that on October 31 for reasons unknown the boundary between the living and the dead dissolved.
The dead, during this short time frame supposedly were quite dangerous for the living, causing problems such as sickness and damaged crops.
The Celtics tried to scare away these evil spirits by wearing costumes and masks Halloween is considered to be the holy day for Satanists.
The Celtics lit bonfires on the hilltops in order to frighten away the evil spirits.
Today many people go to great extremes to bring the scare back into the season by decorating their houses with spooky decorations for Halloween.
When we think of Halloween we usually think of death, evil, magic, the occult, mythical monsters, ghosts, witches and of course the devil.
The tradition of giving out candy on Halloween stemmed from people putting food on their doorstep to appease the spirits which would then safeguard their home.
The pumpkins were also used to ward off evil spirits.
The Celtics believed by carving the pumpkins and lighting them with candles that this would scare off the evil spirits.
Today we celebrate Halloween by trick or treating, wearing outrageous costumes and visiting haunted attractions.
Reading or telling scary stories after dark around a bonfire has also become somewhat of a tradition.
Another tradition of Halloween that has developed over the years is the candy apple.
Since Halloween occurs around the time of the apple harvest making the candy apples seemed like just the thing to do with all those apples around.
UNICEF which is United Nations Children's Fund for a long time raised money during Halloween.
Children would carry little UNICEF boxes and people would give them some loose change for the box.
The boxes were handed in at school the next day.
For whatever reason UNICEF stopped doing this in 2006.
Today the number of children going out door to door has decreased.
Halloween has again in a way become a time to ward off the evil spirits around us.
Parents need to carefully check any candy that the kids bring home due to the sick actions of some individuals.
Razor blades and pins have been found in candy apples.
Candy has been found not to even be candy.
Every year you hear more horror stories concerning Halloween.
The trend now seems to be to have a party for the children at the school or a hall.
Monetary donations are made so Halloween candy can be purchased for the children.
It's not quite the same as going out door to door but it is much safer.