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Halloween

Elfilis

Ok so I have decided I’ll stick around a little longer but will probably take a break from here soon. For now though I’ll post about Halloween! Jack o lantern  

Ok so I’m not a lover of the event if I’m honest but as I’ve got older I have somewhat got into it a little bit more. Now I’m in my flat I don’t have to worry about the trick or treaters lol! Think my mum is going to come around to mine as well to avoid them lol! 

How am I going to celebrate it? I will no doubt be playing Luigi’s mansion 3, hopefully the last level on Simpsons hit and run and of course play ACNH Halloween event despite the fact I only have five villagers on my island right now and like one pumpkin decoration on the island (I only started the island on the 10th lol). Might also watch some SpongeBob episodes which are Halloween themed too. The only decorations in my flat are two little light up metal pumpkins which once had Halloween shortbreads in. But I ate them! I can’t get over how much effort people have actually gone into decorating their houses and front yards though. Do hope this doesn’t take over Christmas ha!

So what you do plan for Halloween? Do you like it? Do you not care for it? Feel free to let me know! 

  • For me, it's Samhain, the end of the old year and a time of dormancy, it's a time to remember the dead, a time when the walls between the worlds thin and contact can be made. It's not a scary festival, celebrating all things woo woo. I don't like this Americanisation of it, I know that many parts of the country have their own traditions and I wish they'd come more to the fore rather than all the plastic tat and children demanding treats with menaces. 

    I loved the bit in Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Spike tells Buffy that real vampires don't do anything on halloween.

    The Viking's refered to October as Blodmonath, or blood month, because this was when they would slaughter and preserve the flesh of animals that couldn't be kept over winter, they would then make bonefires, where we get out term bonfire from.

    By and large I see all this decorating houses as a way for companies to make money, Easter's going the same way too. I always thought Christmas decoratons went back to bringing in greenery and baubles to represent fruits as a rebirth of the sun at midwinter solstice. I think every culture in the north west has a midwinter festival, we're a couple of months into winter and a couple of months before the first signs of spring, theres nothing to do agriculturally speaking, so we party and feast, it gives people something to look forward too at the darkest time of the year.