It seems strange that as we feel winter kick in with the clocks going back we have the two big festivals of Hallowe'en and tonight's Guy Fawkes' Night. It's like Baghdad here tonight!
2006-11-05 09:08:48 · 13 answers · asked by peanut1973 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I have always said christmas was invented to give us something to look forward to in the bleak winter so your theory may be true!
2006-11-05 20:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm going to say no, and here's why:
The US has switched from Daylight Savings Time (DST) ending at the first weekend of October to DST ending at the last weekend of October during my lifetime. I have not noticed any growing intensity to the celebration of Halloween during that time.
Pagan festivals marking the halfway point between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice (including Halloween and the Celtic festivatl that inspired it: Samhain) probably predate DST--or even clocks--by a thousand years or more.
2006-11-05 09:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by Beckee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine too except the wine has too be white also like bonfire toffee, parkin and toffee apples. And we toast marshmallows on the fireplace and dip them in melted chocolate can't wait til Saturday for our bonfire party
2016-11-28 19:43:27 · answer #3 · answered by nastasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but the placement of these events might be due to fact it gets dark early and weather is still not the coldest. Think about it. It's dark, but it really is not that late. The timing is perfect.
2006-11-05 09:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by billy f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pure coincidence. What helps us when clocks go forward?
PS you can win a few bets with the question - Do the clocks go backwards or forwards? They always go forward or time would go backwards. Think about it.
2006-11-05 09:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pure coincidence,Originally halloween is the day that lost souls and spirits may walk the earth to help protect us from the evil spirits, bonfire nite when Guy Fawkes and his crew tried to blow up parliment, is pure coincidence
2006-11-05 09:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since both were celebrated many years BEFORE the clocks started being put back .....
2006-11-05 11:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, do you really think people were thinking of turning their clocks back a couple hundered years ago?
2006-11-06 23:36:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah ! they were going long before the introduction of ' Daylight saving ' as it was known during the war.
2006-11-05 10:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope lolz
2006-11-05 09:18:53 · answer #10 · answered by Lula Mae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋