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End of October
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October is fast slipping away though it seems to have only just begun!
Columbus Day is over but it will end with All Hallows Eve or Halloween.. the night before All Saint's Day when Christian martyrs are remembered and honored. All hallows eve really means, the night before the holy martyrs day but somehow it it got turned over to Halloween!
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| In the Catskill Mountains/Hudson Valley of New Yorkbecame associated with spooky happenings. Let's talk about the end of October. |
1. Do you give out candy on Halloween to neighborhood kids? Did you ever.. have you always? We just do not get children where we live now. .. so we also, do not turn on our lights until around 10pm. We do not have children within a couple of blocks of us and they stick to the neighborhood behind us.. We are on a busy road and children do not come to us..When we were younger and lived in a subdivision we did give out candy and I enjoyed it, but I am not into halloween at all these days anyway.
2. We must dress up as this Halloween.. Yes, you have to ! What will your costume be this year?As I said we don't do Halloween. I think it has become given over to the devil.
3. Have you ever carved pumpkins? Have you visited the gorgeous Hudson Valley in New York state? I have carved pumpkins long ago! And yes, when we travel north to the kids we do travel through the Hudson Valley. It is lovely!!
4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving takes place in Sleepy Hollow a town known today as Tarrytown, NY. a lovely town in the Hudson Valley not far from the Catskill Mountains, site of Rip Van Winkle. The Hudson Valley is considered one of the most beautiful places in America. The Hudson separates NY from New Jersey Do you know the Legend of Sleepy Hollow? How about Rip Van Winkle? Do you believe either could be based on true stories as some believe? Why/ why not? I love that story and I used to read it to my students. We actually stayed in a bed and breakfast one time we went to see the kids hat was right in the Catskills because I did enjoy the story so much. But I think it is make believe.
We dressed up when our kids were little - went to the Harvest Party at our church. But the older I get the more I view Halloween as a day that celebrates fear, horror and the devil. Our church does a Trunk and Treat now, a few days before the 31st. We volunteer because we know the Lord has placed us there and it gives the kids (1200 last year!) a safe and happy place to go.
ReplyDeleteI commend you for helping with trunk or a treat. If we were younger we would help, too. It good to give children a safe option. Today with fentanyl that is so important
ReplyDeleteHalloween has gone very dark and demonic in some ways. I dressed up as a kid and enjoyed it. A masquerade would be nice but, I don't like the ghost, witches, etc. Trunk or Treat is a great idea and we do that here.
ReplyDeleteSo good to offer families a safe and fun alternative exp. With fentanyl everywhere. I understand they have found some that looks like skittles. I wish we could go back to the good old days of Harvest parties.
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