a history Lesson..

Now. I am pretty sure I am going to ramble.

Halloween. Free Candy. Dressing up. Perfect holiday for children, righ? . Growing up in a Chrisitina/Hispanic home with a super conservative mother and father. The likelihood of me partcipating in the All-School Halloween parade, going trick-treating, throwing a Halloween Party, dressing up as a princess or at least Mary NEVER happened throughout my early years. Oh the deprivation of goodies. they thought by celebrating Halloween we were worshiping The SATAN.

I have a lot respect for my mom. I also love living on the edge. haha. So on Friday evening- I did the unthinkable. As my mother and I were preparing dinner. I told my mom. "I am going out to get candy on Saturday Night." Her response- "Bring some candy home". I was shocked! What? No debate, no discussion. Wow.That's it. I was floored. (I am going to ask her why she was so cool with me going trick-treating- be on the look out for the next issue. )This was unheard of. No one in my family ever celebrated Halloween. My siblings and I came to the conclusion long ago that my parents are old and they have fixed values, beliefs, traditions, etc.. We can't change their frame of thinking. We can only change ourselves. If ever we want to see change in our family, community, and world it begins with us. I am a true pioneer. lol.

So. Saturday Night I roamed the streets of Balboa Island. And on Wednesday my mom will be eating Halloween Candy. This is revolutionary!

Find me behind joe's head.. lol









So. Here is a clip of the Ancient Origin of Halloween. I know. I'm a nerd.

According to the History website, The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.