What are your views on Halloween?

[Matty74]

My wife loves Halloween. I had to have new shelves installed in the storage room in the basement for all her fucking decor. We've got bats on the wall, lights and spiders with fake webs along with metal pumpkin/cat decor. A few witches (ok a lot) and about 8 pumpkins on the front porch along with about 6 halloween pumpkin themed bags full of leaves in the front yard.

My son is now 13 and he didn't go trick or treating this year but went walking around with some of his football buddies around the neighborhood. We only had 10 visitors at our house this year due to COVID.

[Ruggery]

Making the dead welcome - All Souls’ Day in Ireland

On Nov 2 the Irish traditionally believed that the souls of the dead would return to their family and speak to their descendants.




On Nov 2, All Souls' Day or rather All Souls' Night, the Irish traditionally believed that the souls of the dead would return to their family and speak to their descendants.
Today, November 2, the Catholic Church commemorates and prays for the souls of those in Purgatory, those undergoing purification before entering heaven. In Ireland, it was once widely believed that the souls of the dead would return to their family home on All Souls’ Night and great care was taken to make sure they felt welcome.

The Celtic nations believed that at certain times of the year the boundaries between the mortal and unearthly realms broke down and this was especially true on Halloween (Samhain), All Saints’ Day, and All Soul’s Day.
The ancient Irish believed the dead were repositories of wisdom and lore and that during this blessed period they would return to speak to their descendants. During these visits, the ancestors would bestow two gifts – the ability to remember old days and traditions and to hold a deeper understanding of how we are forever linked to our bloodline.
Preparing for the souls return to the family

To prepare for the dead’s arrival Irish families would sweep the floor and light a good fire. They would put out a bowl of spring water on the dinner table along with a place setting for each deceased relative.
In some places in Ireland children would go “soul-caking,” visiting neighbors to beg for cakes in exchange for prayers to be said for the dead.
On All Soul’s Day the Irish would go to bed early, but before they did they would visit the cemetery where their loved ones rested. They would clean each grave, say prayers to their departed and leave a candle burning.

It is the same holiday as the Mexican.

[Rumata]

In the time when mass media tries to hard to settle infernal horror in you a horror styled holiday is just too much.

I don't like Halloween. But we used watermelon and candles as kids without knowing about Halloween.

[oh-nahhh]

I went to a Halloween party dressed as the equator.


When people walked towards me, they got warmer.