Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[2] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation.
Halloween is most porpular in Ireland, where the Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, "End of Summer," a pastoral and agricultural fire festival or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits. According to what can be reconstructed of the beliefs of the ancient Celts, the bright half of the year ended around November 1. As October 31st is the last day of the bright half of the year, the next day also meant the beginning of Winter, which the Celts often associated with human death, and with the slaughter of livestock to provide meat for the coming Winter. The Celts also believed that on October 31, the boundary separating the dead from the living became blurred. There is a rich and unusual myth system at work here; the spirit world, the residence of the "Sídhe," as well as of the dead, was accessible through burial mounds. These mounds opened at two times during the year, Samhain and Beltane, making the beginning and end of Summer highly spiritually resonant.
Sigh..too bad Singapore doesnt really celebrate Halloween, if not it would be damn fun. Look what i saw at Giant @ IMM today.
Doesnt it really brings up the festive mood?? :)
Anyway, some jokes for u:
Q. What's a monster's favorite bean?
A. A human bean.
Q.What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A. A sand-witch.
Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire?
A. You suck.
Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?
A. He had no body to dance with.
Q. Why did the skeleton cross the road?
A. To go to the body shop.
Q. What happens when two vampires meet?
A. It was love at first bite.
Q. What can't you give the headless horseman?
A. A headache.
Anyway, some jokes for u:
Q. What's a monster's favorite bean?
A. A human bean.
Q.What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A. A sand-witch.
Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire?
A. You suck.
Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?
A. He had no body to dance with.
Q. Why did the skeleton cross the road?
A. To go to the body shop.
Q. What happens when two vampires meet?
A. It was love at first bite.
Q. What can't you give the headless horseman?
A. A headache.
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