All Saints Eve
On a walk with Max in our neighborhood recently, we saw a huge inflatable black cat turning his head, on a neighbors’ lawn. Max was scared and cautiously went around it looking back, as we continued our walk.
Welcome to Halloween, or Hallowe’en which is a contraction of All Hallows’ evening less commonly known as All Halloween, All Hollows’ Eve, or All Saints Eve. I learned more about Halloween in Wikipedia. Halloween originated as a Celtic festival about 2000 years ago, and went through many transformations. This day was considered the end of summer and the harvest and beginning of the dark, cold winter, often associated with death. In our times, it is essentially just a fun event for children to dress up in costumes and go around the neighborhood accompanied by adults to Trick or Treat, which has its own tradition.
What surprises me is how some adults take the decorations of their homes and front lawns seriously and spend a lot of money for the short lasting fun. Some of the decorations are very creative, which you can see in these three images.
Have a lot of fun!
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