Halloween
Flags
Halloween is an
exceedingly popular Holiday.....
On this day
children dress up as ghouls and goblins and go trick or treating
around the neighborhood for candy while adults dress up and attend
Halloween parties.
Nobody knows exactly when the Halloween
tradition started. The name means 'The day before All Saints or All
Hallows Day'. The name may imply Christian roots, but its origin is
definitely Pagan as the Druids and the Celts combined the
celebrations of their New Year and the honoring of the Sun God
- The Lord of the Dead. Different colours of the Druid
attire meant different things.
Its roots are similar to those
of New Years..... By celebrating the death of an old year and the
birth of a new one.
The Celts
believed the dead returned to the living on this day to seek
redemption. The sinners were forced to come back in the bodies of
animals and through the sacrifice of these animals it is believed
their spirits were released to seek a higher reward.
In Pagan times,
horses and even humans were often sacrificed along with black cats
because they were thought to befriend witches. In the eighth
century, Pope Gregory III, to honor the sanctity of all the saints,
declared November 1, to be 'All Saints Day'. The evening before was
known to be favored by sorcerers, witches and evil
spirits.
The tradition of dressing up and begging for food
goes back to the Pagan New Year's feast where it was believed ghosts
hung around the food tables. When the feast was over townspeople
dressed as the dead to drive the evi=left>In Pagan times, horses and even humans were often
sacrificed along with black cats because they were thought to
befriend witches. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III, to honor
the sanctity of all the saints, declared November 1, to be 'All
Saints Day'. The evening before was known to be favored by
sorcerers, witches and evil spirits.
The tradition of
dressing up and begging for food goes back to the Pagan New Year's
feast where it was believed ghosts hung around the food tables. When
the feast was over townspeople dressed as the dead to drive the evil
spirits away. There isn't really any religious significance or evil
association with Halloween today as it's basically celebrated for
fun and next to Christmas is probably the most anticipated day of
the year for children.
There are Halloween flags like ghost
flags, goblin flags, ghoul flags, witch flags, black cat flags,
broomstick flags, pumpkin flags, bat flags and any other scary flag
icons associated with Halloween. Halloween flags are a lot of fun
to fly on the porch on Halloween
night!
