{"id":145,"date":"2010-10-26T15:37:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T19:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/?p=145"},"modified":"2010-10-26T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T19:37:51","slug":"some-halloween-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/2010\/10\/26\/some-halloween-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Halloween History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2010\/10\/Halloweeen-ghost-and-moon-131x150.jpg\" alt=\"Halloweeen ghost and moon\" width=\"131\" height=\"150\" \/>Halloween, celebrated each year on October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity and life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Halloween has long been thought of as a day when the dead can return to the earth, and ancient Celts would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off these roaming ghosts. The Celtic holiday of Samhain, the Catholic Hallowmas period of All Saints&#8217; Day and All Souls&#8217; Day and the Roman festival of Feralia all influenced the modern holiday of Halloween.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">In the 19th century, Halloween began to lose its religious connotation, becoming a more secular community-based children&#8217;s holiday. Although the superstitions and beliefs surrounding Halloween may have evolved over the years, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people can still look forward to parades, costumes and sweet treats to usher in the winter season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><strong>Halloween&#8217;s Celtic Origin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">The holiday that evolved into Halloween was first celebrated over 2,000 years ago by<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2010\/10\/Bonfire-photo1-120x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bonfire photo\" width=\"96\" height=\"120\" \/> the Celtic people, who called it Samhain. The Samhain festival served as the New Year for the Celtic People, as their calendars started on 1 November. During Samhain they celebrated the fall harvest and the coming of winter with huge bonfires. In the bonfires they sacrificed crops and animals to the Celtic deities. The Celts also wore animal skins and heads during the Samhain bonfires, which is where the Halloween tradition of costumes likely originated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><strong>Halloween&#8217;s Christian Origin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>In the 600&#8217;s A.D., 1\u00a0November was designated by the Pope to be All Saints Day; a day to celebrate and honor Christian saints and martyrs. It is believed that Pope Boniface IV chose 1 November as All Saints Day to replace the pagan Samhain festival with a church-approved holiday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">All Saints Day became known as &#8220;All Hallows Day&#8221; due to the Middle English word for it, which was &#8216;Alholowmesse.&#8217; Therefore, the night before All Hallows Day became known as &#8220;All Hallow&#8217;s Eve.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-149\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2010\/10\/trick-or-treaters-150x142.jpg\" alt=\"trick or treaters\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" \/>The church later appointed 2 November as &#8220;All Souls&#8217; Day,&#8221; a day to honor loved ones who have passed on. During All Souls&#8217; Day parades in England, &#8220;soul cakes&#8221; were passed out to poor people in return for a promise that they would pray for departed family members. The All Souls&#8217; Day cake giving, along with the tradition of leaving food on one&#8217;s doorstep to appease spirits, evolved into trick-or-treating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><strong><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\">The Tradition of Pumpkin Carving<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><strong>The Irish Legend of Jack: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">The idea of pumpkin carving originated in Irish folklore. According to legend, a man named Jack (who was fond of pranks and liquor) tricked the Devil into climbing up a tree. Once the Devil was in the tree Jack drew a<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2010\/10\/Jack-o-Lantern-glowing-109x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jack o' Lantern glowing\" width=\"109\" height=\"150\" \/> cross on the tree truck, trapping him there. This of course made the Devil extremely angry, so when Jack died he was denied by both Heaven (for his pranks and drinking) and by Hell (apparently the Devil doesn&#8217;t like jokes).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">With nowhere to go for the afterlife, legend says that Jack was left to wander through cold darkness alone. The devil tossed him a single burning ember from Hell to light the way, which was then placed in a hollowed-out turnip to last longer. Thus, Jacks Lanterns were born.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><strong>From Turnip Lanterns to Spooky Pumpkins:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">Turnip lanterns eventually turned into pumpkin lanterns in America, where pumpkins grew more bountifully than turnips. And that was the birth of the modern Jack-o-Lantern, a carved pumpkin with an ember inside to light the way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: medium\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-157\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2010\/10\/Happy-Halloween-House1.gif\" alt=\"Happy Halloween House\" width=\"150\" height=\"121\" \/>Halloween Today&#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">is a purely recreational holiday. It\u2019s a night to get together to enjoy parties, food and fun costumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">If you go out trick-or-treating, go in groups, obey all pedestrian rules and check all treats before eating them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">For more information about Halloween costumes and masks, stories to read,\u00a0games and crafts and other fun things to do, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halloween.com.\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-size: small\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">www.halloween.com<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #dc5d0e;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween, celebrated each year on October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. 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