the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of bobbing for apples that is practiced today on Halloween. ...
Halloween Halloween evolved from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain. Over the centuries, Halloween transitioned from a pagan ritual to a day of parties, costumes, jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treating for kids and adults. Topics See All...
Going door-to-door for handouts has almost always been a part of Halloween celebrations but it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th century that these treats became strictly candy. Coins, nuts, fruit and toys were just as likely to be given out. The rise in popularity of trick-or-treati...
We’ve all heard the allegations: Halloween is a pagan rite dating back to some pre-Christian festival among the Celtic Druids that escaped church suppression. Even today modern pagans and witches continue to celebrate this ancient festival. If you let your kids go trick-or-treating, th...
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Halloween is a fun holiday for kids in the United States. Its origins date back hundreds of years, but today, children celebrate this day by dressing up in scary and humorous costumes, attending Halloween parties, and going door-to-door trick-or-treating. When children trick-or-treat, they...
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One of the most effective monsters year around, not just on Halloween, is the Boogeyman. For centuries now it has lived in the ether and used by parents to scare their kids straight. It's track record shows it's been spooking kids for centuries all across the globe. We don't know wha...
3. Scooby-Dum: Scooby’s cousin (according to Shaggy in “Headless Horseman of Halloween“), a blue-grey dog who longed to be a detective, he was actually rather dimwitted (he would keep looking for clues even after the mystery was solved). His catch-phrase was also different than Scooby...