Tuesday, October 31, 2006
(Our little “pop princess” posing for the camera this afternoon!)We’re really excited about tonight. In the nearly eight years we’ve lived in Ocean Springs, we haven’t lived in a neighborhood conducive to trick-or-treating, but tonight, we’re in a GREAT spot for it.
Hillary’s friend, Shae, is coming over to work the neighborhood with her, and I suspect I’ll be distributing candy for the biggest part of the night. Funny, but Halloween turns out to be the only holiday remaining that encourages neighbors to interact.
For some reason, I decided to do a little research into the origins of Halloween since so many folks attribute a satanic impetus to it. I was a bit surprised by what I read (you can read what I read here). Turns out that Halloween isn’t so different from Christmas or Easter in that what began as a pagan religious celebration was co-opted by Christianity along the way, only now to have become more of an American capitalist venture.
I hope you all enjoy your neighbors tonight and that lots of kids have lots of fun, and as the old Celtic proverb says, “May no toilet paper stream from your trees come morn…”
