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Offline krissel

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History of Samhain (Halloween)
« on: October 31, 2010, 04:54:58 AM »
For those who may be curious and not quite sure about some things associated with the event...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/201010...ce/whatssamhain


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History of Samhain (Halloween)
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2010, 12:28:39 PM »
Thanks, Krissel

That was an interesting read.

I never came across Halloween until I went to boarding school in the 1970's in England.  There was a girl from Massachusetts whose mother sent her masses of stuff for Halloween which she duly decked out around her bed area.  I remember the Charlie Brown Halloween stickers mostly but there were endless paper things, like Christmas really.

In the UK Halloween never meant much until about 10-15 years ago.  My OH blames The Simpsons!