The word Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows’ Evening also known as Hallowe’en or All Hallows’ Eve. Traditional activities during Halloween include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses” and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century.
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.
Halloween for me is associated with colorful trees, cool autumn days, bunches of pumpkins and Halloween decorations everywhere.
Dave’s working on Halloween like this, at least for a while. 🙂
Pumpkins are for sale everywhere, but the best selection is in the local produce store.
The stores everywhere are beautifully decorated for Halloween. I like the decorations in the local convenience store.
This is my first carved pumpkin from three years ago.
And I am in the mask. 🙂
This is us during Halloween in Florida from a couple years ago. Our visit to Halloween Horror Nights last year can be viewed here and here.
The Halloween celebration is accompanied by beautiful bright autumn trees. Happy Halloween!
