Kind of an odd thread you might think, but this is a thread about what other holidays may share in common with Halloween, or what Halloween might share in common with other holidays.
Although Halloween is undoubtedly a unique holiday, a holiday that focuses on making fun of death, dressing in costumes, watching horror movies, handing out candy to children etc. But it may share some things in common with other holidays. I can't say it's the only holiday that focuses on death, since Mexico has Dia de Muertos.
I already made a thread about what Halloween has in common with Thanksgiving, namely the pumpkins and harvest decor, this is more of a broad look and comparison made with other holidays.
There's Christmas...well people dress in Santa Costumes...and costumes are part of Halloween. There's also the candy. Then there's Krampus Nacht that's celebrated in Europe.
With New Years...well...some people might like to party on Halloween...and undoubtably they do on New Years.
Valintines...some people like to give black roses on Halloween while they give red ones on Valintine's. Usually candy is involved here as well.
St Patty's....well...not really sure about St Patty's.
Easter....Candy. Possibly some Rabid bunnies.
Anyone else think of how other holidays might have something that relates to Halloween?
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Other Holidays and what they share in common with Halloween?
This probably seems crazy, crazy, a graveyard theory,
A ghost tried to approach me and got leery.
Ask him a question and he vanished in a second...
~ From a Ghost's Pumpkin Soup (Pumpkin Hill zone theme Song from Sonic Adventure 2) ~
A ghost tried to approach me and got leery.
Ask him a question and he vanished in a second...
~ From a Ghost's Pumpkin Soup (Pumpkin Hill zone theme Song from Sonic Adventure 2) ~
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Re: Other Holidays and what they share in common with Halloween?
Well, let's be honest. St. Patrick's day is all about the bevyin'. And it seems like more and more people are using Halloween as just another excuse to get good and drunk. So they have that in common. 
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Re: Other Holidays and what they share in common with Halloween?
well of course Guy Fawkes Day played a big part in halloween... but ... before the American Revolution... in Virginia.. there was a harvest holiday known as Snap Apple Night in which all sorts of apples and nuts were used in games, fortune tellings, and of course foods... a lot of supersticions (spelling) believed that nuts and apples held this mystical fortune power...
after the revolution... celebrations such as Guy Fawkes and Snap Apple Night began to merge themselves together (this happened along with many other celebrations)
which.. years from then... gave us our great holiday HALLOWEEN
everything i just said was very choppy and broken down so please excuse me hahaha
after the revolution... celebrations such as Guy Fawkes and Snap Apple Night began to merge themselves together (this happened along with many other celebrations)
which.. years from then... gave us our great holiday HALLOWEEN
everything i just said was very choppy and broken down so please excuse me hahaha
Last night 'twas witching Hallowe'en
Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!
Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!
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Re: Other Holidays and what they share in common with Halloween?
Well, my two personal favorites holidays have allways been Halloween and the 4th of July, in exactly that order, and they do have a few things in common.
1. Good weather, usualy. That'snot to say that it cant' be rainy or dreary on the 4th of July or on Halloween, but for the most part, both days are usualy nice.
2. People gathering to have fun. Halloween parties and 4thof July fireworks displays are common ocassions for people to get together, and not just with family members, but with friends and neighbors. Where Christmas and Thanksgiving are more family type holidays, Halloween and the 4th of July are more family, friend and neighbor oriented.
3. PRANKS, PRANKS and MORE PRANKS. The 4th of July is 2nd only to Halloween when it comes to playing pranks on the neighbors. The difference is that on Halloween, itls toilet paper and shaving cream, and on the 4th, it's smoke bombs and fire crackers.
4. Both days can be scary. You can scare some one by jumping out from behind a tree and yelling "boo," or you can unexpectedly light off a pack of fire crackers.
5. Fun. Both Halloween and the 4th of July are days for good clean fun. On the 4th of July, I light off fireworks and have fun watching them go off, and on Halloween I carve jack o'lanterns, prepare the house and have lots of fun watching horror shows and lighting the displays.
5. Motorcycle. Both days are usualy great days for a motorcycle ride.
6. Anticipation before the actual day. Before the 4th of July, I shop for my fireworks and make my 4th of July plans. Often I'll go purchase fireworks as early as January. On Halloween, I shop for those "perfect" pumpkins to carve my jack o'lanterns, and as early as September, I'll have my decorations up. Also, I celebrate "Little Halloween" every time the 13th of the month falls on a Friday.
And those are the reasons why Halloween and the 4th of July are my two absolute favorite holidays of the year.
Mike
1. Good weather, usualy. That'snot to say that it cant' be rainy or dreary on the 4th of July or on Halloween, but for the most part, both days are usualy nice.
2. People gathering to have fun. Halloween parties and 4thof July fireworks displays are common ocassions for people to get together, and not just with family members, but with friends and neighbors. Where Christmas and Thanksgiving are more family type holidays, Halloween and the 4th of July are more family, friend and neighbor oriented.
3. PRANKS, PRANKS and MORE PRANKS. The 4th of July is 2nd only to Halloween when it comes to playing pranks on the neighbors. The difference is that on Halloween, itls toilet paper and shaving cream, and on the 4th, it's smoke bombs and fire crackers.
4. Both days can be scary. You can scare some one by jumping out from behind a tree and yelling "boo," or you can unexpectedly light off a pack of fire crackers.
5. Fun. Both Halloween and the 4th of July are days for good clean fun. On the 4th of July, I light off fireworks and have fun watching them go off, and on Halloween I carve jack o'lanterns, prepare the house and have lots of fun watching horror shows and lighting the displays.
5. Motorcycle. Both days are usualy great days for a motorcycle ride.
6. Anticipation before the actual day. Before the 4th of July, I shop for my fireworks and make my 4th of July plans. Often I'll go purchase fireworks as early as January. On Halloween, I shop for those "perfect" pumpkins to carve my jack o'lanterns, and as early as September, I'll have my decorations up. Also, I celebrate "Little Halloween" every time the 13th of the month falls on a Friday.
And those are the reasons why Halloween and the 4th of July are my two absolute favorite holidays of the year.
Mike