AF Army 13th October

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

it was a pagan holiday i think till the christians high jacked it , all souls day is the next day.

[shelbysmiles]

AF Army 13th October

Oh! Well, that's fun too.

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

im a big fan of his early stuff hunky dory , lodger , young americans and all that , grew up listening to it really.

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

hope he doesnt keep you up crying all night one2!

[LookingToGrow]

AF Army 13th October

Halloween is all in good fun in the US, for the most part. I even have a black cat - not by choice, just by accident...LOL!!

[hippie37]

AF Army 13th October

limers;440381 wrote: it was a pagan holiday i think till the christians high jacked it , all souls day is the next day.

God I love you you little celt pagan you!!lol

[LookingToGrow]

AF Army 13th October

Hippie, how are you?

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

we had no tv gowing up and all my elder bros listened to music all the time , stones , beatles , ect!

[shelbysmiles]

AF Army 13th October

I love Halloween! I remember me and hubby's 1st Halloween in our new house. We were so excited because it would be our first time to be able to pass out candy to the kiddos. We were drinking (obviously) and kept racing and tripping over each other to get to the door.

[shelbysmiles]

AF Army 13th October

one2many;440396 wrote: LMAO i remember our first halloween too.......ended up running out of stuff and handing out cheese singles.....

Now, that's funny!

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

cheese singles , not calling to your gaff!

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

Hipps , you sound good.

[CS04]

AF Army 13th October

Halloween

Halloween was indeed a pagan holiday, from the Celts. Pre-Christian Romans had some influences too. (harvest goddesses, etc.) When the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, they tried to creat Christian identities for many of the old pagan symbols and ceremonies, because the people were not going to give them up. Halloween didn't take hold in the US until Irish immigrants started coming in the 1840s, and brought those Celtic traditions with them. That's how pumpkins came to be part of the holiday -- there were no pumpkins in the Old World, since they are native to the Americas -- the Irish would carve rutabagas or turnips into Jack O'Lanterns. But once they came to the US -- hey, a pumpkin is easier to carve than a turnip!

I love Halloween. Time to get my own decorations out!

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

I remember my mum carving the turnips....have you ever tried to carve a turnip!!

[Guest]

AF Army 13th October

see , the irish always took the crack everywhere with them!