HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!It's official. It is 12:00AM EST and that officially makes it Halloween for us on the east coast of the United States. As it hits the midnight mark over here Tim and I are watching Ghostbusters. What an appropriate movie to bring in the new holiday. It's the tail end of the movie now and Tim has this undying pet peeve about product placement. And, "the biggest account of product placement ever," is awarded to Ghostbusters for their Stay Puft man. Can't we all just enjoy a little PP once and awhile? I've found that Wikipedia is a guilty pleasure of mine. I was just on it browsing it's (un)creditable sources about the start of Hallowe'en.
Here's what I got:
The Festival of Halloween is a celebration of the end of the fertile period of the Celtic Goddess Eiseria. It is said that when Eiseria reaches the end of her fertile cycle, the worlds of the dead and the living interlap. This happens on October 31. Masks are worn to show respect for the Goddess Eiseria who, like most Celtic deities, does not wish to be seen with human eyes. The day also precedes All Saints Day, which was, at first, the celebration of the start of a new cycle of fertility for the Celtic Goddess Eiseria. Couples incapable of producing children thus tried their luck on All Saints Day.
So there it is. It's Halloween. Don't forget to go to your local video store and rent some scare-tastic movies tonight.
2 comments:
funny how it says NOTHING of satan and yet Christians love to gripe about pagans on this "unholy" day... i hope you can sense the sarcasm. just because they don't get attention on this day doesn't mean they should despise they day for the history and festivities. pagans also celebrate yule in december, hey... i think paganism was before christ was born... and christmas shadowing over yule to make christians the dominant yet again... and easter in spring? don't get me started. woah. i just took this halloween movie discussion and made it all religious-y. i'm just nuts.
crazy girl...
who knows and who cares! i just want some damn candy!
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