any one celebrating Halloween?

Question

we are having a party come concert tt the nursery i work at the concert will cone in for when we do the casting for the nativity play

Answer 1

Do anyone really celebrate the true meaning behind Halloween .....

Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. It is celebrated in parts of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Puerto Rico, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand. Halloween originated among the Celts in Ireland, Britain and France[1] as the Pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain. Irish, Scots, Calan Gaeaf in Welsh and other immigrants brought versions of the traditions to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[2] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation . Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.

Halloween is often associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).

Answer 2

i do no longer understand the place you have been doing all your examine despite if it somewhat is obviously no longer with something written by way of any historian of word. am i able to point the books written by way of Ronald Hutton, Professor of historic previous at Bristol college, England and a professional in pre-Christian ecu paganism? somewhat "Stations of the sunlight". Hutton is a pagan sympathiser yet although concludes that. a million. Halloween originated as a results of fact the Eve of All Saints Day and there is not any historic evidence of any pagan impact., 2. Easter is Christian and that's doubtful that there ever develop right into a goddess talked approximately as "Eostre" or "Ostara". 3. The date of Christmas develop into settled long formerly Christianity reached Norse lands. The date develop into set in Rome the place none of this develop into of any magnitude. after all, yuletide ought to be celebrated any time between early December and previous due January. The association with Christmas surpassed off as a results of fact kings and nobles moved their "yuletide" banquet to Christmas. the rationalization some Christians, somewhat in the country, do no longer have fun Halloween is puritanism. while in cost, puritans attacked an excellent form of Catholic stuff - which is composed of All Saints and its Eve. all of us who carried on celebrating develop into denounced as a devil worshipper, a witch or a pagan. no longer real, only propaganda yet nevertheless widely believed.

Answer 3

Yes my Motorbike Club is doing a Charity event all proceeds go to a Toy Run we do in December so far we have sold 150 tickets we even have a Band called The Booze Brothers they do all types of music, we all have to dress up in Halloween costumes( even the band) mine is the Witches Cat , my hubby is a Troll , if you want to go to support it our website is "Bexleytomcc" if not have a great time at yours , good luck.

Answer 4

My girlfriend isn't but would love to go to a halloween fancy dress party. She's from Canada and misses the October holiday of Halloween.

Answer 5

Halloween is surely for children, the oldest `trick or treat` person who has called at my home is probably about 15 years old. I would love to give a bag of lollies to an 80 year old `trickster` !

Answer 6

working at Halloween Ghost Tours at the Elgin Winter Garden theatre in Toronto on Monday night.

Answer 7

were having a Halloween fancy dress day at school to raise money for charity and I'm going to a friends party a few days before Halloween!

Answer 8

I am going to an adult costume party with my wife, we are taking the kids to a carnival and then a sitter.

I have a great Idea for costumes but I cannot risk friends seeing this site and letting the secret out.

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Answer 9

Yeah, having a birthday/halloween party on the saturday night!!

Answer 10

My husband is in the army in Germany, and they celebrate it too, although its not as big as the Americans!!!!
I think its mainly for the children , so they can get dressed up and decorate the door. They love answering the door to all the other children and like giving them sweets!!!!!.xx