2/25/2023 0 Comments Turnip jack o lantern![]() Pope Gregory III (early 8th century) expanded the festival to include all church ordained saints and moved the observance to November 1st. ![]() In 609 A.D, Pope Boniface IV established the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day on May 13th. Soon after Roman beliefs and festivals were merged into the October 31st celebration of Samhain. the Celtic territory was conquered by Rome. Therefore, on the new year’s eve, the Celts wore costumes of animal heads and skins and burned sacrifices (both crops & animals) to their deities, hoping to appease the deities and ward off evil spirits. beginning of a season thought to be darkness and death.Ĭeltic people believed that on the eve of the new year, October 31st, the realm of the dead was opened and ghosts arose to walk the earth.November 1 began theThe Celtic new year and marked three things: Samhain was a festival of fhe Celts who lived 2,000 years ago, in the area that now covers Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France. The tradition originates from the ancient festival of Samhain. It’s well known that Halloween has a spiritual origin, albeit a dark one. Halloween is no longer simply a few nighttime hours of children’s playful trick-or-treating. And there are many Halloween costume parties - for both children and adults. Orange lights and spider webs adorn trees and bushes. C offins, skeletons, ghosts, black cats, and more, decorate lawns. Halloween has gone from a single day and night celebration to a whole month’s display of decorations and numerous party days. Halloween decorations have become less cheerful and more fearful. The Jack-o’-lanterns served to welcome Halloween trick-or-treaters with their illuminated bright eyes and cheerful smiles. In the past, most Jack-o’-lanterns were carved with toothy smiles and simple triangle eyes and noses. Jack-o’-lanterns have certainly evolved over the years. ![]()
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