Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Haunted History Month: History of Halloween

Hello all,
This week kicks of a new segment of the club called Haunted History Month were we write articles are certain subjects all about Halloween and Haunted Attractions. These article tell you how stuff got started.
Now we are going to re post some of the articles we did last years Haunted History Month but we are re posting some of the best articles that we did last year and also we got some new articles lined up as well.

So to get things started we are going to start with the history of one of the most popular holidays and my favorite holiday... Halloween

The History of Halloween:
Halloween gets it start by Celtic festival known as Samhain. The celebration of Samhain is at the end of the harvest Season. Its also known as the Celtic-New year. The festival was calibrated on October 31st. The Celts believed that October 31st was the boundary the living and the deceased dissolved and the dead became dangerous for the living by causing problems like sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would include having bonfires into which the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown in. Costumes and masks were worn to attempt to copy evil spirits.
On Halloween or All Hollows Eve Celtics would but a skeleton in front of their window still to represent the departed. Lanterns were in northern Europe were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga.

Halloween Now:
Well Halloween is most cases is not a festival but a holiday in most country's. Now a days kids or some adults go out Trick or Treating for candy every October 31st. Halloween is one of the largest holidays next to Christmas. During the month of October Haunted houses going on and costumes and Halloween props being sold trough out the country

We hope you enjoyed the History of Halloween post
Now next week we got one of the best post during Haunted History month
The History of Haunted of Attractions
Now we do got the website updated with the articles and pictures and all so make sure you go to our official website Http://mchc60.50webs.com
Also if you got any comments on our articles please email us at motorcityhorrorclub@gmail.com
So stay tuned for next week were haunted history month will continue

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