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Halloween Costumes and Party
Ideas
About Halloween : The Story of the First Halloween
Party
Once upon a time, in merry olde Ireland, Halloween
night was celebrated as a New Year’s Eve harvest
celebration. That's because these ancient country folk delineated
the year as either farming season or hunting season.
The farming tasks needed to be completed by the time
the weather started getting crisp and cold. To them
this particular night was the end of farming season, and the beginning
of a new year, where the lands lay dormant during
the cold, dark winter. In order to commemorate
the event, the local priests built huge bonfires in the
town square.
The peoples of this land also believed that this was
the night their dear departed loved ones passed from
earth to the spirit world, and as this was New Years
Eve, they also honored their ancestors at this time.
As was the tradition, the people put out their home
fires when they went to celebrate round the communal
fire. It is believed that this ancient culture wore
costumes as a way to ‘blend’ in with the roaming
spirits as they celebrated this final night of
summer.
What do you
suppose they wore to the first Halloween Costume
Party?"
Answer here " The
Legend of the First Halloween Costume |
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