Nich Moore October 21, 2014 00:08:16
The commercial interests in Halloween reach into the billions of dollars and mark the beginning of a triple whammy of expensive holidays. Celebrating the end of summer with a holiday that remembers the dead is a tradition stretching all the way back to when the end of summer significantly lowered the mortality rate. Celtic tribes […]
Nich Moore October 21, 2014 00:05:41
There are many different religious observances across the world that rival even the more well established pagan and traditional roots of the holiday. In these secular times the religious basis of Halloween is mostly overlooked. The pagan Samhain festival at the end of the summer in Celtic Ireland, subsumed by Christianity as it expanded its […]
Nich Moore October 21, 2014 00:01:03
Many believe the modern Halloween began as the Irish Celtic festival of Samhain and so we take a look at the history of feasting, tale telling and human sacrifice. All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween as we are more apt to call it these days, occurs just as the autumn begins to twist into winter, as […]
Nich Moore October 21, 2014 00:00:13
Halloween might have started off as a drunken remembrance for those lost in the previous year but it has morphed into something entirely different. As October rolls on we get closer and closer to the supernatural themed festivities that are shrouded by the umbrella term “Halloween”. With origins lost in the mists of time and […]
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