PUMPKIN LIGHTS - Halloween Night

Pumpkin Lights is Counting Down To Halloween Night

Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a Pagan Festival that started with the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. It was once called "Samhain" or All Hallow's Eve by the Irish, Samhuin in Scottish Gaelic, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. In some parts of Ireland, it is called Pooky Night, after a mischievous spirit called the Püca.

The practice of going from door to door (on or about ) All Souls Day or All Saints Day to ask for food (or soul-cakes) in return for prayers for the deceased was called Souling and started as early as the 10th Century. Scots, Irish and other immigrants bought versions of this tradition to North America. Halloween is now celebrated in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand and most recently in parts of Western Europe.

Halloween or Hallows Eve is traditionally celebrated on the night of October 31, which happens to be the Night before "All Saints Day" on November 1st. Children dress in costumes and go door to door (trick or treating) collecting fruit, sweets, and other gifts. Some other Halloween activities are costume parties, (haunted) hayrides, watching horror films and visiting "haunted" houses...ainly Irish

Some European Cultures say that Halloween Night is one of the few times a year when the veil between living and the dead is the thinnest, spirits can more easily contact the physical world and magic is most potent. They also say that our dearly departed spirits would visit their homes once a year on Halloween Night.

All of us at Pumpkinlights.com want to wish you a Happy Halloween Night!