Trick Or Treat: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Halloween has dependably been my most loved festival. Maybe it helps that my birthday is the following day, on All Saints Day. The family used to prod me that the witches brought me - not a stork ... a witch! I wouldn't fret the thought.

A loved Halloween doll I got for my birthday.

Our present Halloween was gotten from the pagen celebration called Samhain celebrated by the Celtics. Today it is known as All Soul's Day in a few religions.

This sounds good to me as in Celtic Folklore it is the one time when the entryways of the imperceptible world are left unguarded and numerous spirits/spirits can get through the thin cloak that isolates our universes.

The gatekeeper, who secures the entryway to our reality, moves to one side on Halloween Eve (All Hallow's Eve) to give the spirits a chance to meander openly until midnight October 31st.

This is fine and dandy in the event that it is the presence of an expired adored one you needed to see again however beware...some shrewd spirits can get through the open entryway and play traps and tricks.

On Halloween Eve, I in every case light a few candles and abandon them in the windows out of appreciation for the dead. In antiquated occasions candles would be lit along garages and in windows in the expectations somebody they adored, who was expired, would come through from the undetectable world and visit them.