History
Winter Solstice
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007I have never been so happy for December 21st to roll around. For some reason, this year the darkness is really getting to me. Maybe I have SAD (seasonal affective disorder). I am just so lethargic and depressed. It’s not a serious clinical depression that is affecting my functioning or anything […]
Day Of The Dead
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The Day of the Dead (Día de los Difuntos or Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico and the Mexican immigrant community living in the United States, with variations of it also observed in other Latin American countries and other parts of the world. The Mexican celebration occurs on […]
The History Of The Jack O Lantern
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Halloween is not Halloween without Jack O Lanterns. A jack-o-lantern must be carved a day or two before Halloween and burned on a front porch or near a front door until November 2nd to keep evil spirits away. I thought everyone knew this. lol. Well, at least that’s how […]
The History Of Halloween
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007The History Channel has the best program about the history of Halloween. It’s an hour long and they are repeating it twice today.
Here is an account of Halloween’s history from their website:
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that […]